Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Erectile Dysfunction and Atrial Fibrillation; Coexisting Conditions or Syndrome

Category: CEU 

Price: $15.99

BRPT Credit: 1.0 Course Hour CSTE

FORMAT:  Purchase includes Downloadable PDF and access to online test.

Patients rarely suffer from only 1 disease. Most have several conditions with common risk factors and etiology, and often increase the severity of each other. The phenotypes linked to 1 condition are often linked to many others.  This course reviews 3 conditions that fall into this category: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Erectile Dysfunction (ED), as well as discussion of the relationship to Atrial Fibrillation (AFib).  ED is a disease with a wide scope of etiologies.  OSA is considered one of the risk factors for ED, with a growing body of evidence that shows an association between OSA and ED.  This course provides the learner with a  review of the relationship between ED, OSA and the possible overlapping mechanisms for those conditions as well as being a contributing factor for AFib.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion, the learner will be able to:

1. Describe clinical findings of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

2. Describe the clinical findings of Erectile Dysfunction

3. Understand the overlap of clinical findings between OSA, ED and AFib

AUTHOR

Steven Vinci, BS, RRT