Workshop
Date
March 17, 2006
Workshop
Location
Zürich Marriott Hotel
Neumuehlequai 42
Zurich, 8001 Switzerland
Tel: +41 044 360 7070
Workshop
Director
Claudia Trenkwalder, MD
Paracelsus-Elena Hospital
Kassel, Germany
Workshop
description
Restless
legs syndrome (RLS) is a common disorder
that is under diagnosed. This course
will provide the participants with
information on RLS epidemiology, diagnosis,
differential diagnosis, and treatment.
Using lectures, case–based discussions
and video examples of clinical phenomena,
this course will focus on the clinical
features of restless legs syndrome
and provide the clinician with diagnostic
criteria, differential diagnosis,
and describe sleep phenomena such
as periodic limb movements.
Learning
objectives
At the
conclusion of this workshop, participants
should be able to: |
| |
-
Describe the clinical features
and diagnostic criteria for RLS
and periodic limb movements;
- Differentiate between the clinical
diagnosis of RLS and sleep phenomenon
such as PLMS;
- Discuss the assumed pathophysiological
mechanisms proposed to underlie
RLS;
- Describe the diagnostic workup
for RLS;
- Describe secondary forms of
RLS including the role of iron;
- List the therapeutic approaches
to RLS with the advantages and
disadvantages of each;
- Discuss augmentation and rebound;
- Discuss the selection of pharmacological
agents for selected cases of RLS;
- Discuss treatment issues in
special populations such as in
pregnancy or in uremia. |
Recommended
audience
This course
is recommended for neurologists, Movement
Disorders specialists and fellows,
sleep specialists, and primary care
physicians with an interest in RLS.
| Workshop
schedule |
| 07.30
- 08.00 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
| 08.00
- 08.15 |
Welcome
and Introduction
C. Trenkwalder |
| 08.15-09.00
|
Restless
Legs Syndrome: Clinical Features,
Essential Diagnostic Criteria,
Diagnostic Work-up TBA |
| 09.00-09.45 |
Sleep
Characteristics of RLS: Sleep
Profile, PLMS and PLMW, Circadian
Rhythm, Sensory and Motor Complaints
(with video presentation)
TBA |
| 09.45-10.30 |
RLS
Classification: Idiopathic and
Secondary Forms: Uremia, Iron
Deficiency,Pregnancy, RLS in Children
TBA |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Break |
| 11.00-11.45
|
RLS
- Epidemiology: Age and Gender
Distribution, Neuropsychiatric
Associations –Genetics
TBA |
| 11.45-12.30 |
Pathophysiological
Aspects – The Dopamine Connection,
Iron, Neurophysiological Pathways,
Neuroimaging Studies
TBA |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Overview
on Therapy in RLS: Dopaminergics,
Opioids, Gabapentine, Benzodiazepines
and Others, the Phenomenon of
Augmentation and Rebound
TBA |
| 14:00-16:00 |
Discussion
Groups: Smaller group discussion
on case reports of RLS patients,
explaining diagnostic tools as
the IRLS, the RLS-6, the ASRS,
a diagnostic interview for RLS,
QoL instruments.
(Videos will be provided) |
| 16.00-16.15 |
Break |
| 16.15-16.45 |
Final
Discussion on Controversial Issues
Entire Audience and All Faculty
Members |
| App.
16:45 |
Closing
Remarks
C. Trenkwalder |
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