TY - JOUR
T1 - The maintenance of wakefulness test in pediatric narcolepsy
AU - Zandieh, Stephanie
AU - Ramgopal, Sriram
AU - Khatwa, Umakanth
AU - Sangiuliano, Michelle
AU - Gunnuscio, Michael
AU - Zarowski, Marcin
AU - Kothare, Sanjeev V.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Objective tools are needed to assess the response to treatment in pediatric narcolepsy. This article presents a single-center experience documenting the use of the maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT) in a pediatric series. This study reviewed the charts of children with narcolepsy who had an MWT performed between January 2008 and June 2012. A cutoff was used for mean sleep latency: <8 minutes for inadequate control of hypersomnia, and >20 minutes to indicate adequate control on medications. Thirteen tests were performed on 10 children (median age 15.8 years, range 8.7-20.3 years) with narcolepsy, of which six had cataplexy and three were boys. Comorbid conditions included Prader-Willi syndrome, bipolar affective disorder, and epilepsy (n = 1 each). The median mean sleep latency for all studies was 16 minutes (range 5.8-40 minutes). Sleep-onset rapid eye movement sleep events were seen in three of 13 studies. In seven patients, findings from the MWT resulted in changes in management. These data suggest that the MWT may be a useful and feasible test for assessing response to treatment in children with narcolepsy. Future research is needed to obtain normative MWT data on children with and without narcolepsy.
AB - Objective tools are needed to assess the response to treatment in pediatric narcolepsy. This article presents a single-center experience documenting the use of the maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT) in a pediatric series. This study reviewed the charts of children with narcolepsy who had an MWT performed between January 2008 and June 2012. A cutoff was used for mean sleep latency: <8 minutes for inadequate control of hypersomnia, and >20 minutes to indicate adequate control on medications. Thirteen tests were performed on 10 children (median age 15.8 years, range 8.7-20.3 years) with narcolepsy, of which six had cataplexy and three were boys. Comorbid conditions included Prader-Willi syndrome, bipolar affective disorder, and epilepsy (n = 1 each). The median mean sleep latency for all studies was 16 minutes (range 5.8-40 minutes). Sleep-onset rapid eye movement sleep events were seen in three of 13 studies. In seven patients, findings from the MWT resulted in changes in management. These data suggest that the MWT may be a useful and feasible test for assessing response to treatment in children with narcolepsy. Future research is needed to obtain normative MWT data on children with and without narcolepsy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.02.007
DO - 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.02.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 23668868
AN - SCOPUS:84877688323
VL - 48
SP - 443
EP - 446
JO - Pediatric Neurology
JF - Pediatric Neurology
SN - 0887-8994
IS - 6
ER -