PEP - Day 8 - Hypersomnia and Parasomnia

Synopsis of Subject: The student will also be introduced to disorders of Hypersomnia, such as Narcolepsy with its associated clinical features, epidemiology and treatment options. It will also discuss the daytime test used to help in the differential diagnosis and measurement of daytime sleepiness called Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) as well as the similar daytime test call Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), which attempts to measure a person’s ability to maintain wakefulness during a controlled, no stimulus environment. It will also discuss Parasomnias, including different NREM and REM related parasomnia like sleep talking, sleep walking, sleep terrors, nightmares, bedwetting and exploding head syndrome. A review of a sleep study’s data analysis, how to calculate results and summarizing the technical and clinical results will also be discussed.

Student Will Learn to Do: How to differentiate between nocturnal parasomnia events, how to define Narcolepsy and all its clinical features, how to set up a patient for and perform a MSLT test and MWT test. The student will also learn how to calculate results from a completed sleep study as well as the process of data archiving and managing patient medical records/digital recording in the sleep center.

Course Information

Hypersomnia Disorders

Hypersomnia – Overview of Disorders

Hypersomnia – Narcolepsy Type 1

Hypersomnia – Narcolepsy Type 2

Hypersomnia – Kleine-Levin Syndrome

Hypersomnia – Insufficient Sleep Syndrome

Hypersomnia – Isolated Symptom – Long Sleeper

Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)

MSLT – Summary

MSLT – Indications

MSLT – General Considerations

MSLT – The Protocol

MSLT – Scoring and Ending Each Nap

MSLT – Ending the Test and Interpretations

Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)

MWT – Summary

MWT – Indications

MWT – General Considerations

MWT – The Protocol

MWT – Scoring and Ending Each Trial

MWT – Ending the Test and Interpretations

Parasomnia Disorders

Parasomnia – Overview of Disorders

Parasomnia – NREM – Disorder of Arousals

Parasomnia – NREM – Confusional Arousals

Parasomnia – NREM – Sleepwalking

Parasomnia – NREM – Sleep Terrors

Parasomnia – NREM – Sleep-Related Eating Disorder

Parasomnia – REM – Behavior Disorder

Parasomnia – REM – Sleep Paralysis

Parasomnia – REM – Nightmare Disorder

Parasomnia – Other – Exploding Head Syndrome

Parasomnia – Other – Sleep-Realted Hallucinations

Parasomnia – Other – Sleep Enuresis

Parasomnia – Other – Sleep Talking

Data Analysis and Reporting of Results

Data Analysis and Reporting – Overview

Data – Technical Summary

Data – Staging Calculations

Data – Arousal Calculations

Data – Cardiac Calculations

Data – Movement Calculations

Data – Respiratory Calculations

Report – Clinical Summary

Data Archiving and Storage of Patient Records

Data Archiving and Storage