El Autor

J.F. Pagel, MD, MS, es profesor clínico asociado de medicina familiar en el programa de residencia en medicina familiar de Colorado del Sur de la Escuela de medicina de la Universidad de Colorado, en Pueblo, y director del Rocky Mountain Sleep Disorders Center, en Pueblo y Colorado Springs, Colorado. El Dr. Pagel recibió su título médico en la Universidad de Alabama en Birmingham, y culminó su residencia en medicina familiar en el St. Mary’s Family Medicine Residency, en Grand Junction, Colorado. Dirija su correspondencia a J.F. Pagel, MD, MS, Rocky Mountain Sleep Disorders Center, 1619 N. Greenwood St., Suite 206, Pueblo, CO 81003 (email: pueo34@juno. com). No existen reimpresiones disponibles de parte de los autores. Declaración del autor: Nada para declarar.
Figura 2. Algoritmo para el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de las condiciones que
causan somnolencia diurna excesiva.

(CPAP = presión positiva continua en la vía aérea; OSA = apnea obstructiva del sueño.) Diagnóstico y manejo de las condiciones que causan somnolencia diurna excesiva

* La consulta a medicina del sueño es necesaria por las pruebas de sueño en casa de 2008 de los Centros de Servicio de Medicare
† Documentado por un seguimiento y una valoración objetiva de la utilización
de la CPAP (Tabla 3).
‡ Para pacientes con ocupaciones de alto riesgo en caso de somnolencia, como
los pilotos de aerolíneas.

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