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Grand Rounds Series – Vasileia Varvarigou, MD

February 17, 2023 @ 1:10 pm - 1:50 pm

The Case of a Very Sleepy School Bus Driver

Speaker: Vasileia Varvarigou, MD
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Resident
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Resident,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Discussant: Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM
Director, Harvard Chan Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency
Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) discuss the risks of sleepinees in commercial motor vehicle operators including school bus drivers; 2) describe the key features of polysomnography; 3) explain approaches for successful medical history-taking to tease out the presence of sleepiness in professional drivers; 4) discuss the diagnostic evaluation of suspected sleep-disordered breathing; and to 5) discuss why not all sleepiness is Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).

 

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Date:
February 17, 2023
Time:
1:10 pm - 1:50 pm
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Venue

Kresge G3
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115 United States + Google Map

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