CHEST 2026 Snooze or Lose
Description

Snooze or Lose: Sleep and Meds is an interactive, Jeopardy-style educational game is designed to challenge health care providers’ knowledge of sleep medicine and the effects of medications on sleep. The game features multiple categories, including ICU and sleep, pulmonary and sleep, sedatives and hypnotics, wakefulness-promoting agents, and miscellaneous sleep- related topics, with questions ranging from basic to advanced. Explore the effects of medications and alcohol on sleep architecture, delirium risk in the ICU, and pharmacologic treatments for narcolepsy and cataplexy. Differentiate medication effects, recognize appropriate treatment options, and examine emerging therapies targeting orexin receptors. Through a fast- paced, competitive format, the activity reinforces foundational knowledge and encourages the application of pharmacologic principles to clinical decision-making in sleep medicine.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify the effects of medications commonly administered in the ICU on delirium risk and sleep architecture.
  2. Differentiate the effects of sedative-hypnotic medications, norepinephrine, and alcohol on sleep stages and sleep latency.
  3. Distinguish pharmacologic treatments for excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy.
  4. Describe the mechanism of action and reported clinical effects of orexin receptor agonists in the treatment of narcolepsy type 1.
Faculty
Leela Krishna Teja Boppana, MD
William Healy, MD, FCCP
Mariam Louis, MD, FCCP
Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Release on Nov 11, 2026 12:00 AM Central Standard Time
Expires on Nov 03, 2027
Credit Offered:
No Credit Offered

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