PG21 Morbidity and mortality of sleep-disordered breathing: jointly organised with ACCP

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: B. Phillips (Lexington, Ky, United States of America), J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
Aims: The educational aims of the course are: to review the relationship between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and car crash; to outline the epidemiology and pathophysiology of SDB and cardiovacular disease; to discuss the pathophysiology of the metabolic consequences of SDB in children; and to review current thinking about SDB and systemic inflammation.

HERMES syllabus links: B.19: Sleep-related disorders.
Type of course: Case-based with voting and pre- and post presentation questions
Level:Intermediate to advanced

OSA and car crash B. Phillips (Lexington, Ky, United States of America)
Cardiovascular disease and complex OSA D. Gutterman (Milwaukee, Wi, United States of America)
Metabolic consequences of OSA in children S. Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Systemic inflammation in OSA J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)