Neurológia pre prax 3/2022
Daytime sleepiness in a neurologist’s office
Daytime sleepiness (DS) poses a serious risk to the affected individual in the form of difficult employment and reduced quality of life and, depending on its cause, also metabolic and cardiovascular consequences. The work analyzes the nature of sleepiness depending on its cause, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic options. On the example of five case reports points out the differences in clinical manifestation of sleepiness in narcolepsy type 1, Klein-Levin syndrome, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and osmotic demyelinating syndrome, it demonstrates the application of diagnostic and therapeutic options in clinical practice.
Keywords: excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue, central disorders of hypersomnolence
