use MSLT to diagnose narcolepsy and hypersomnia

• related: Sleep and Sleep Disordered Breathing
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• multiple sleep latency test
• take 4-5 daytime naps about 2 hours apart
• measure how long takes to fall asleep
• if not fall asleep in 20 minutes: sleep latency 20 min
• if fall asleep: record brain activity for 15 min to see if reach REM
• < 8 min latency: could be narcolepsy, and more likely to enter REM
• idiopathic: less than 8 min latency but less likely to enter REM

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• Sleep and Sleep Disordered Breathing
  • use MSLT to diagnose narcolepsy and hypersomnia
• use maintenance wakefulness test MWT to test how sleepy during day
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