Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter

#177 - Sleep Fragmentation - Picking Up the Pieces

Chris Winter, MD

At the root of many sleep disorders of sleep fragmentation. It's a big part of sleep medicine that many people don't know much about. In this episode we will:

  • Define sleep fragmentation
  • Contrast the differences between arousals from sleep and awakenings from sleep
  • Understand why sleep fragmentation goes unnoticed by providers and patients alike
  • List some common causes of sleep fragmentation
  • Review how sleep fragmentation appears in sleep data
  • Touch upon research about sleep fragmentation specifically and performance
  • Provide strategies for reducing sleep fragmentation

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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Thanks for listening and sleep well!