CANN - 55th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions

The effects of poor sleep on human health are still being discovered and described. Dr Aimen Moussaddy and Gabriel Domocos will review the state of knowledge linking sleep and stroke.

Specifically, the interplay between sleep disordered breathing and ischemic stroke, the imporance of a stable circadian rhythm and restorative sleep on stroke recovery will be reviewed.

They will then describe initiatives for improving stroke patients' sleep Stroke Unit of the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (The Neuro). Experiences with overnight oximetry and full spectrum light therapy will be described.

Have you been sleeping on stroke?