Program Sleep medicine Friday March 27th 2009

Attention: Participation is free

09:00-09:30

Welcome and registration

Parallel session 1 Sleep medicine

09:30-12:30

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB)

Chairs: prof. dr. Johan Verbraecken and dr. Klaas van Kralingen

Complex sleep apnea

prof. dr. Johan Verbraecken

Adaptive Servo Ventilation in central sleep apnea

prof. dr. Helmut Teschler

Elevated intra-ocular pressure in obstructive sleep apnea

prof. dr. Veva de Groot

Modifiable PAP devices (APAP, biPAP, EPR) are useful in
the treatment of non-hypercapnic OSAS

dr. Michiel Eijsvogel

Modifiable PAP devices (APAP, biPAP, EPR) are not useful in
the treatment of non-hypercapnic OSAS

prof. dr. Dirk Pevernagie

Parallel session 2 Sleep research

09:30-12:30

New developments in basic sleep research

Chairs: prof. dr. Tom de Boer and prof. dr. Pierre Maquet

Sleep loss leads to a shift in learning strategy and reduces
memory flexibility

dr. Peter Meerlo

Sleep homeostasis and electrical activity of circadian clock neurons

prof. dr. Tom de Boer

Age and gender modulate the effects of sleep loss

dr. Myriam Kerkhofs

Functional implications of sleep disruption

dr. Eus van Someren

Modulation of regional brain function by sleep homeostatic
and circadian factors

prof. dr. Pierre Maquet

12:30-14:30

Lunch at Heeze castle

Main session Sleep medicine - Benelux Sleep Congress

14:30-17:30

Diagnostics in sleep medicine – new frontiers

Chairs: prof. dr. Dirk Pevernagie and dr. Michel Krüger

Actigraphy for the diagnosis and management of RLS/PLMD

dr. Viola Gschliesser

The role of MWT in the evaluation of fitness to drive

dr. Patricia Sagaspe

Indications for and limitations of hypocretin assessment in CSF

dr. Sebastiaan Overeem

Usefulness of determining dim-light melatonin onset in circadian sleep disorders

dr. Al de Weerd

Monitoring of jaw-movements: a diagnostic tool for
sleep-disordered breathing in children

dr. Sylviane Raskin and
ir. Estelle Graas