sleep disorders

Question 1

criteria for OSA on sleep study

Answer 1

5 episodes per hour + symptoms or 15 episodes per hour

Question 2

need to test for if patient has RLS symptoms

Answer 2

iron deficiency

Question 3

describe RLS symptoms

Answer 3

creeping/crawling, itching, tingling sensation in the legs that is worse at night and improves with movement

Question 4

narcolepsy is recurrent, irresistible need for sleep plus (4)

Answer 4

episodes of cataplexy
hypocretin def in CSF
REM sleep latency under 15 min
mean sleep latency under 8 min

Question 5

narcolepsy results from -

Answer 5

loss of hypocretin producing cells in the hypothalamus

Question 6

hypocretin regulates (3)

Answer 6

arousal
wakefulness
appetite

Question 7

REM behavior disorder

Answer 7

arousal during REM sleep that involves vocalization or motor movements

Question 8

3 diseases that are associated with REM behavior disorder

Answer 8

parkinson’s disease
lewy body dementia
multisystem atrophy

Question 9

night terror occur in

Answer 9

stage 3 (deep) sleep

Question 10

when do night terrors occur-

Answer 10

first 1/3 of sleep

Question 11

activity during night terror

Answer 11

screaming and frantic motor activity