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The aim of this sleep medicine podcast is to provide health care professionals who deal with sleep related issues with the most up to date clinical information when. We use expert interviews with leaders in the field of sleep medicine to help guide learning and grow clinical practice. We also try to have some fun along the way.
In this months episode we discuss narcolepsy with Matthew Horsnell. Matt is a narcolepsy patient and advocate, and we discuss his journey of living with narcolepsy.
SHOW NOTES
Introduction of Guest: (5:00)
Matt’s Best Advice (11:00)
Matt’s Role in the sleep community (12:40)
Matt’s symptoms onset (15:00)
Matt’s additional symptoms (19:00)
Matt’s onset of cataplexy (23:00)
Cataplexy triggers (24:45)
Delayed diagnosis: (27:00)
Nightmares and sleep paralysis onset (31:30)
One more question about sleep paralysis (34:15)
Partial cataplexy (37:50)
Diagnosis and Management: (39:00)
Pitolisant (43:45)
Strategic Napping (44:15)
Bitter Pills (45:15)
AASM revised Guidelines (47:22)
Sodium Oxybate and Cataplexy (49:00)
Finding a sleep physician to manage narcolepsy (55:00)
Sleep apnea (60:30)
MSLT (62:15)
Treat Clinically (65:00)
4 pillars of management (66:00)
Patient request/feedback (68:00)
Academic vs private practice (71:30)
Links to articles and guidelines referenced in this episode are included
Trotti LM. Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2020 Aug;26(4):890-907.
Treatment of central disorders of hypersomnolence: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline
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The aim of this sleep medicine podcast is to provide health care professionals who deal with sleep related issues with the most up to date clinical information when. We use expert interviews with leaders in the field of sleep medicine to help guide learning and grow clinical practice. We also try to have some fun along the way.
