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1
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What conditions must be ruled out with insomnia?

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restless leg syndrome and disordered breathing

2
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What do maintenance difficulties indicated?

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intrinsic sleep disorder that requires sleep study

3
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What causes psychophysiologic insomnia?

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learned sleep-preventing associations

paradoxical improvement in sleeping lab

4
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What causes fatal familial insomnia?

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prion protein
autonomic dysfunction
rare neurodegenerative process

5
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What is the prevalence sleep apnea?

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2-4% of population

rising due to rising obesity

6
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What are some clinical aspects of obstructive sleep apnea?

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17” neck circumfrence
obesity
excessive daytime sleepiness, pseudodepression
morning headache
crowded oropharynx, nasal disorders
positionally worse, and aggravated by sedatives or alcohol
common in neuromuscular disorders
polychythemia (increased rbc) and hypothyroidism

7
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Define apnea vs. hypopnea

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Apnea: absent airflow for 10 seocnds
hypopnea: reduced airflow for 10 seconds

8
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What are the types of apnea/hypopnea?

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Obstructive
central
Mixed: starts central, becomes obstructive

9
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What is the cutoff for apnea/hypopnea index/ Respiratory disturbance index?

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<5 (events/hour sleep)

10
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How is apnea/hypopnea treated?

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conservative measures and cpap (contineous positive airway pressure), dental devices, sometimes surgery

11
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What are possible causes of central apnea?

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Lateral medullary syndrome
atlantoaxial sublaxation
myotonic dystrophy
heart failure
syringobulbia
12
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Define restless leg syndrome

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urge to move
begins or worsens with rest
partially/totally relived by moving
worse at night/evening

13
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What is the difference between restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder?

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RLS: sensation
PLMD: manifestation 0.5-10 s, at 5-90 s intervals
90% of RLS have PLMD
50% of PLMD have RLS

14
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What are common causes of RLP/PLMD?

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Central (spastisity) or peripheral (radiculopathies, and neuropathies)
pregnancy
ferritin deficiency

15
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How is RLS/PLMD treated

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underlying cause ex. iron folate def
Firs line role for dopaminergic agonists an hour or two before bed
Sinemet (carba-levo dopa)
clonazepam may cause tachyphylaxis (reduced response)
opioids in some circumstances

16
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What is the classic tetrad for narcolepsy?

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1- excessive daytime sleepiness
2- cataplexy (full muscle weakness while awake)
3- hypnagogic hallucinations
4- sleep paralysis

17
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How is narcolepsy treated?

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strategic napping
alerting agents: modafininl, methylphenidate, other amphetamines
anticataplectic: anticholinergic agents (TCA)
SSRI
Methlphenidate
sodium oxybate/GHB

18
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Where is hypocretin/orexin synthesized? where does it project to?

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Synthesized in the lateral and posterior hypothalamus
projects diffusely to anterior projecting systems important for maintaing wakefulness
explains a series of symptomatic narcolepsies