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Sleep/Rest

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A state of mental and physical relaxation while being awake, alert, & responsive to external stimuli REST
A regularly occurring, reversible behavioral state in which consciousness, skeletal muscle activity, metabolism and response to external stimuli are decreased SLEEP
A state of unconciousness from which the person cannot be aroused COMA
REM sleep characteristics metabolic needs of the brain are increased but the body is quiet
nonREM sleep characteristics skeletal muscle activity increases metabolic needs even though the brain is quiet
Functions of Sleep energy conservation, restoration
Percentage of sleep time spent in REM 25%
Percentage of sleep time spent in nonREM 75%
Four Stages of nonREM Sleep 1. light sleep, 2. not as easy to rouse as Stage 1, 3. Delta wave sleep, 4. deepest sleep
NREM Sleep Physiological Changes Metabolic rate slows, Cerebral blood flow decreases, VS decrease, active body movements
System causing sleep BSR : Bulbar Synchronizing System
System waking from sleep RAS: Reticular Activating System
Two sleep inducing neurotransmitters serotonin, melatonin
3 Major Categories of Sleep Disorders Dyssomnias, Parasomnias, medical or psychiatric illness
Sleep Disorder characterized by altered amount, quality, timing of sleep dyssomnia
Sleep Disorder characterized by abnormal behaviors or movements during sleep parasomnia
3 Types of Dyssomnia Intrinsic, Extrinsic, Circadian
CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
BiPAP Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
3 Levels of Medical Treatment for Sleep Apnea 1. Oral Appliance, 2. CPAP/BiPAP, 3. Surgery
Bruxism Grinding teeth in sleep, a parasomnia
Somnambulism sleepwalking, a parasomnia
Sleep enuresis bed wetting, a parasomnia
two circadian types of dyssomnia jet lag, shift work
Best prevention for sleeping problems during lifespan establishing bedtime rituals
Times in women's lives often associated with sleep disturbance pregnancy and menopause
Drugs used for enuresis anticholinergic drugs, vasopressin, tricyclic antidepressants
Bootzin behavioral modification techniques Instructions for promoting sleep
REM deprivation S/S decr. alertness, apathy, irritability, mental changes
nonREM deprivation S/S fatigue, decr. pain tolerance, anxiety, ^ cortisol, decr. immunity, delayed healing
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