Summary
The session “Sleep for the Practicing Neurologist” includes a presentation on the challenges of diagnosis and treatment for hypersomnolence disorders, including idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy with and without cataplexy. The second presentation focuses on the association between obstructive sleep apnea and increased incidence of cardiovascular events, particularly stroke.
- cardiovascular events
- cataplexy
- death
- hypersomnia
- hypersomnolence
- International Classification of Sleep Disorders
- obstructive sleep apnea
- stroke
- narcolepsy type 1
- type 2
- neurology clinical trials
- episodic & paroxysmal disorders
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