Briefcase

More Than Just Sleepiness: Impact of EDS in Patients with OSA

Launch Date
07/28/2023 at 4:00 am EST
Credit Amount
0.5
Credit Expires
07/28/2024
This activity is part of a series

Faculty

Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP
Senior Family Physician
Collegeville Family Practice
Medical Director, Health Services
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP

Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP, is a Senior Family Physician with Collegeville Family Practice and Medical Director of Health Services for Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Doghramji earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed residency in Family Practice at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and was awarded the AAFP Fellowship Degree in 2005. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Doghramji has been the recipient of the American Medical Association’s Physician Recognition Award in every qualifying year for 8 years. He has extensively published his research in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Medicine, Current Medical Research and Opinion, and Postgraduate Medicine. He has authored articles for numerous websites on topics such as sleep disorders, gout, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), biology of leg disorders, depression, chronic pain, health literacy, and diabetes. He is a co-author of the textbook Clinical Management of Insomnia, now in its second edition.

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Statement of Need

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and associated excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) are exhausted by more than just lack of sleep. The challenge for health care professionals (HCPs) is to recognize and mitigate the myriad of patient factors that inhibit effective treatment and reduce quality of life in patients with OSA and EDS, including those who are compliant with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment—like our patient, Hector, who initiated CPAP treatment 5 months ago but struggles with persistent EDS.

Join us for this first of three BriefCase activities in which our expert faculty interweaves foundational knowledge with exercises for HCPs to practice new learnings with a case that emulates a patient with OSA and EDS seen in clinical practice.

Learning Objective

Identify the QoL impact of persistent EDS in patients with OSA including those who are CPAP adherent.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Axsome.

Target Audience

Sleep specialists, neurologists, psychiatrists, pulmonologists, primary care practitioners, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician associates (PAs), and pharmacists

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Dr. Doghramji reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Bayer; Eisai Inc.; and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Speakers Bureau: AbbVie Inc.; Eisai Inc.; Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd; and Merck & Co., Inc.

Stock Shareholder (directly purchased): CVS Health Corporation and Pfizer Inc.

Disclosures were obtained from the following peer reviewer and CME Outfitters, LLC, staff, with no disclosures to report::

  • Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP (peer reviewer)
  • Evan Luberger (planning committee)
  • Meghann Taft-Lockard (planning committee)
  • John Jones, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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More Than Just Sleepiness: Impact of EDS in Patients with OSA
Event Date: 07/28/2023 at 4:00 am EST
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