American Academy of Sleep

Chesson A Jr, Hartse K, Anderson WM, et al. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Sieep 2000 23 237-241. 

Marin CM, Hauri PJ, Espie CA, et al. Nonpharmcologic treatment of chronic insomnia. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine review. Sleep 1999 22 1134-1156. 

Sleep disorders are common, and are generally underdiagnosed. The two major complaints related to sleep are insomnia ( I can t sleep ) and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS, I can t stay awake ). EDS is a relatively nonspecific symptom. It can be the end result of any factor that causes sleep disruption, and it can be caused by primary or intrinsic sleep disorders. Insomnia of any cause can result in sleep deprivation and subsequent EDS. The most common cause of EDS in the general population is self-imposed sleep deprivation, or insufficient sleep syndrome. By contrast, the most common causes of EDS seen in a sleep center are primary (intrinsic) disorders of EDS. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM, formerly the American Sleep Disorders Association) classification of sleep disorders includes over 80 diagnoses that are associated with EDS, but the majority of patients evaluated at sleep centers have sleep apnea, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, or periodic limb movements of sleep. 

American Academy of Sleep Medicine Task Force. Sleep related breathing disorders in adults recommendations for syndrome definition and measurements techniques in clinical research. Sleep 1999 22 667-689. 

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Report Standard of Practice Committee of the AASM Practice parameters for the treatment of restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. Sleep 1999 22 961-968. 

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2001) International Classification of sleep disorders, revised Diagnostic and coding manual. American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Chicago... 

Hening W, Allen R, Earley C, Kushida C, Picchietti D, Silber M (1999). The treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Review. Sleep 22 970-999... 

Littner M, Kushida C, Anderson M, Bailey D, Berry R, Hirshkowitz M, Kapen S, Kramer M, Lee-Chiong T, Li K et al. (2004) Practice parameters for the dopaminergic treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Leg Movement Disorder. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. Standard of Practice Committe of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Sleep 22 557-559... 

The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events Rules, Terminology and Technical Specifications, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Westchester, 2007. 

Morgenthaler, T., Alessi, C., Friedman, L., Owens, J., Kapur, V. et al.. Practice parameters for the use of actigraphy in the assessment of sleep and sleep disorders An update for 2007 standards of practice committee American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep 30, pp. 519-529,2007. 

In 1968, Allan Rechtschaffen and Anthony Kales standardized the criteria for the different stages of sleep in their Rechtschaffen and Kales (R K) system. In 1975, Dement founded the Association of Sleep Disorders Centers, which later became the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The association developed a diagnostic nomenclature of sleep disorders in 1979, which was revised in 1990. In 2007, the association published The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events Rules, Terminology, and Technical Specifications, a revision of the R K system. 

Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Organizations. Research related to sleep is in progress worldwide. The members of the World Sleep Federation include the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the U.S.-based Sleep Research Society (SRS), the Canadian Sleep Society (CSS), the Federation of Latin American Sleep Societies (FLASS), the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), the Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS), and the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA). Most of these organizations offer training, publish academic journals, accredit sleep disorder centers and laboratories, and offer information to clinicians, patients, and the public. Some of them offer fellowships and scholarships for researchers, and a few (such as the ASRS and the ESRS) are umbrella societies with member nations. In the United States, where there are more than... 

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Caffeine is listed as a "Maternal Medication Usually Compatible with Breastfeeding" by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs. The Committee noted that maternal consumption of caffeine may cause irritability and poor sleeping patterns in nursing infants, and that maternal consumption of caffeinated beverages should be limited to two to three cups daily (AAP 2001). 

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