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childrenwith painful conditions;
2. Identify sociodemographic, environmental and
clinical factors associatedwith risk for sleep
disturbances in childrenwith painful conditions; and
3. Discuss recent advances in theuse of technology
to deliver behavioral interventions to childrenand
families.
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00am – 2:00pm
Exhibit Hall B
W06: Critical Issues in the
Evaluation, Diagnosis and
Management of RBDPatients
10:20am – 12:20pm
RoomL100H
Co-chairs:
Birgit Högl, MD; andCarlosSchenck, MD
Faculty:
Alex Iranzo, MD, PhD; JacquesMontplaisir, MD,
PhD; andYunKwokWing, MBChB
Psychologist Level of Content:
Advanced
Objectives:
1. Discuss strengths andweaknesses of questionnaires
for diagnosingREM sleep behavior disorder (RBD);
2. Identify different systems of vPSG analysis for
detectingREM sleepwithout atonia andRBD, and
discuss their specific advantages and disadvantages;
3. Review the long-term implications of the diagnosis of
RBD; and
4. Describe different clinical profiles of RBD in different
populations and the role of comorbidities.
10:20am – 10:40am
ValidatedRBDScreening
Questionnaires: Opportunities
andPitfalls
YunKwokWing, MBChB
10:40am – 11:00am
CurrentlyUsedSystems to
QuantifyEMGActivityduring
REMSleepManuallyand
Automatically, Optimal EMG
Montages
Birgit Högl, MD
11:20am – 11:40am
PSGCharacteristics andClinical
Outcome inPatientswith
“SecondaryRBD”
JacquesMontplaisir, MD, PhD
11:40am – 12:00pm
How toDistinguishTrueRBD
BehaviorsduringREMSleep
fromNon-RBDBehaviors?
Alex Iranzo, MD, PhD
12:00pm – 12:20pm
Comorbidities andComplex
RBDCases and theProbability
of FutureParkinsonism/
DementiawithHigh-riskPatients
with IdiopathicRBD
CarlosSchenck, MD
D08: TheAmericanSleepMedicine
Foundation: Stimulating Innovation
throughExpandedFunding
Opportunities
10:20am – 12:20pm
Room 205A
Chair:
MerrillWise, MD
Faculty:
RonaldChervin, MD; CleteKushida, MD, PhD,
RST, RPSGT; TimothyMorgenthaler, MD; SusanRedline,
MD, MPH; andNathanielWatson, MD, MS
Psychologist Level of Content:
Introductory
Objectives:
1. Review the history, mission and vision of theAmerican
SleepMedicineFoundation (ASMF), and recent
changes inASMF governance;
2. Describe recent changes in how theAASM supports
theASMF, and how theASMF establishes funding
priorities in the evolving healthcare landscape; and
3. Discuss theASMF’s approach to supporting new
investigators, funding strategic research including
health services research relevant to sleepmedicine,
and encouraging collaborative approaches to
scientifically and clinically relevant questions.
Refreshment Break in the
Exhibit Hall
10:00am – 10:20am
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