March 2024 Digital Edition Post-Test

March 2024

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* Name:

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* Email:

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* Credentials:

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* BRPT Credential Number(s):

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* What measurement is simple, noninvasive, and can be used to determine cardiac autonomic activity?

Hypoxic burden

Apnea-hypopnea index

Sleep breathing impairment index

Heart rate variability

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* According to Robert Miller, RPSGT, RST, vice president of sleep business at Apria Healthcare, what is an issue with the traditional method of faxing an order to a durable medical equipment company?

The fax often would arrive in an encrypted format that is hard to decode

The same fax would arrive multiple times

The fax would arrive after business hours

The fax often would not include all of the information required by the payer

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* What does the individual typology angle measure?

Blood perfusion, objectively

Blood perfusion, subjectively

Skin pigmentation, objectively

Skin pigmentation, subjectively

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* According to Caroline Watson, co-investigator of “Racial differences in self-reported sleepiness,” “until research clarifies the potential limitations of sleep-related measurements, healthcare providers may also consider ___.”

Relying on pulse oximetry readings with Black patients

Adopting more descriptive interview techniques

Not using traditional sleepiness screeners with Black patients

Disregarding racial differences in sleep screening tools

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* Findings from “Pediatric sleep apnea: Is objective evaluation, multi-discipline approach and therapy-tracing needed to improve outcomes?” suggest that subjective evaluation using pediatric sleep questionnaires tends to _ children without OSA when confirmed with HST and _ children with mild, moderate, and severe OSA.

Underestimate, underestimate

Overestimate, underestimate

Overestime, overestimate

Underestimate, overestimate