Misdiagnosis of narcolepsy
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- 作者：Laura Dunne ; Pallavi Patel ; Emily L Maschauer ; Ian Morrison…
- 关键词：Narcolepsy ; Diagnosis ; Misdiagnosis ; Cataplexy ; MSLT
- 刊名：Sleep and Breathing
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：20
- 期：4
- 页码：1277-1284
- 全文大小：311KB
- 刊物主题：Pneumology/Respiratory System; Otorhinolaryngology; Dentistry; Neurology; Internal Medicine; Pediatrics;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1522-1709
- 卷排序：20
文摘
BackgroundNarcolepsy is a chronic primary sleep disorder, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep dysfunction with or without cataplexy. Narcolepsy is uncommon, with a low prevalence rate which makes it difficult to diagnose definitively without a complex series of tests and a detailed history. The aim of this study was to review patients referred to a tertiary sleep centre who had been labelled with a diagnosis of narcolepsy prior to referral in order to assess if the diagnosis was accurate, and if not, to determine the cause of diagnostic misattribution.