Themes
Basis of Sleep:
Normal sleep and aging:
- Sleep and the aging brain
- Sleep and gender
Insomnia – new insight into development and management:
- Insomnia in somatic and psychiatric disorders
- Circadian disorders versus insomni
Sleep and pain
Sleep and metabolism
Monitoring and management of sleep disorders
Narcolepsy and other central hypersomnias: recent advantage, the immune story and practical issues
Parasomnias:
- NREM parasomnia or epilepsy: the diagnostic dilemma
- REM parasomnias: Identification, insight into pathophysiology and marker for neurodegenerative disorders and narcolepsy.
Sleep related movement disorders, diagnostic and managing dilemmas:
- Restless legs syndrome and periodic movements.
- Other movement disorders in sleep.
Sleep in pediatry:
- The diagnostic challenges.
- Pediatric sleep medicine.
Psychiatric sleep disorders
Sleep disordered breathing – new challenges
Sleep in the intensive care unit
Practical issues in the management of sleep disorders:
- Diagnostic procedures
- New methods
- Biological methods
- Scanning technics in the evaluation of sleep disordes
- New treatments and CPAP, surgery, medication, non-medical treatment
- Driving licence
Burden of sleep disorders
The role of multimodalities in the management of sleep medicine
Quality and educational aspects:
- Quality issues in the management of sleep disorders
- Quality databases in the Nordic countries
- Accreditation of sleep disorders in the Nordic countries
