abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In the present study we attempt to determine the prevalence of International Classification of Disease-ninth revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9 CM) coded sleep apnea with cardiovascular and metabolic co-morbidities in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) beneficiaries. PATIENTS AND METHODS:U...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Sharafkhaneh A,Richardson P,Hirshkowitz M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional neuroimaging studies may contribute to elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms of the restless legs syndrome (RLS) which still remain unclear. Studies in patients with RLS have been performed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and, more rec...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Wetter TC,Eisensehr I,Trenkwalder C

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to compare compliance to treatment with fixed CPAP and with autoCPAP, subjective preference for type of CPAP treatment, and factors associated to preference for autoCPAP in patients with OSAS. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty-two subjects were studied in a randomized, single blind cro...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Marrone O,Resta O,Salvaggio A,Giliberti T,Stefano A,Insalaco G

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant women have at least two or three times higher risk of experiencing restless legs syndrome (RLS) than the general population. These data come from few epidemiological studies finding an 11-27% prevalence of RLS during pregnancy. Women affected by pre-existing RLS often complain of worsening symptoms during pre...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Manconi M,Govoni V,De Vito A,Economou NT,Cesnik E,Mollica G,Granieri E

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:This study was conducted to demonstrate the long-term efficacy of sodium oxybate for the long-term treatment of cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-five (55) narcoleptic patients with cataplexy who had received continuous treatment with sodium oxybate for 7-44 month...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： U.S. Xyrem Multicenter Study Group.

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbances are common in extrapyramidal diseases, including not only insomnia but excessive daytime sleepiness and parasomnias. In particular, complaints related to sleep are extremely common among patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD). The underlying causes may include: patient age, associated illness...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Brotini S,Gigli GL

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first reported case of subclinical rhythmic electrographic discharge of adults (SREDA) during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. This 48-year-old man, with a history of witnessed apneic spells, was sent for a baseline polysomnogram. Besides demonstrating obstructive sleep apnea, his study showed the occur...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Fleming WE,Avidan A,Malow BA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occasionally, insomniac patients may take a sleeping pill after midnight. This may have consequences on their ability to drive a car and result in an increased risk of car accidents. METHODS:This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, three-treatment three-period cross-over study investigated the eff...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Partinen M,Hirvonen K,Hublin C,Halavaara M,Hiltunen H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA/HS) who are regular users of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) therapy continue to experience daytime sleepiness that impairs performance and quality of life. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Dinges DF,Weaver TE

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the treatment response with melatonin for rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) associated with other neurologic disorders. BACKGROUND:Clonazepam has been considered the treatment of choice for RBD. However, an alternative treatment is desirable for those with RBD refractory to c...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Boeve BF,Silber MH,Ferman TJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):(a) To determine if self-reported diabetes mellitus is independently associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB); (b) to determine if diabetes mellitus is specifically associated with central sleep apnea including periodic breathing (Cheyne-Stokes breathing pattern) during sleep. STUDY POPULATION:The...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Sanders MH,Givelber R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea is an anatomic illness caused by evolutionary changes in the human upper respiratory tract. These changes include shortening of the maxillary, ethmoid, palatal and mandibular bones, acute oral cavity-skull base angulation, pharyngeal collapse with anterior migration of the foramen magnum, poste...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Davidson TM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old right-handed woman developed an alien hand syndrome (AHS) after an acute infarction in the territory of the left anterior cerebral artery. The uncontrolled hand movements were present during the daytime and eventually disturbed sleep. Polysomnography revealed that these motor actions only appeared when t...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Ortega-Albás JJ,de Entrambasaguas M,Montoya FJ,Serrano AL,Geffner D

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on sleep architecture are not well understood, especially in patients with localization-related epilepsy, in whom seizures themselves can disrupt sleep. To clarify the effects of AEDs on sleep architecture, we performed a prospective study, looking at sleep architect...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Legros B,Bazil CW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Changes in blood pressure (BP) were measured following auditory stimuli in the prone and the supine position to study the correlation between arousal from sleep and autonomic responses. METHOD:Two newborns born at term, two infants and four children were recorded polygraphically during one night, while sleep...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Franco P,Van de Borne P,Chabanski S,Sawaguchi T,Horne R,Verheulpen D,Groswasser J,Kahn A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED) is characterized by nocturnal partial arousals associated with compulsive consumption of food and altered levels of consciousness. Reports of an increased incidence of SRED in relatives of affected individuals suggest a genetic predisposition. We report a woman with SRED whose frat...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： De Ocampo J,Foldvary N,Dinner DS,Golish J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Theoretical accounts of the progression of insomnia from acute to chronic are lacking. A framework is proposed and tested to examine differences in cognitive coping styles between acute and chronic insomniacs and the relation of cognitive processing and sleep hygiene to causal attributions of insomnia....

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Ellis J,Cropley M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrequently in adults, isolated lesions of the upper airway, larynx, and trachea can produce obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We describe a case of OSA found to be caused by tonsillar lymphoma presenting as asymmetric tonsillar hypertrophy. Tonsillar lymphoma is rare, but can present as hypertrophied tonsils and/or ade...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Feldman BS,Quan SF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Morning headaches are often ascribed to patients with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) but the etiology of headaches in SAS is unclear. Given the relationship between oxygen and other headache syndromes, nocturnal hypoxia might be one factor contributing to headaches in SAS. METHODS:All subjects 18-80 years of ag...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Greenough GP,Nowell PD,Sateia MJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The impact of night-to-night variability (NNV) on polysomnography (PSG) has been reported mainly in normal subjects, the elderly and patients with obstructive sleep apnea with focus on changes in the apnea/hypopnea index, rather than measures of nocturnal oxygenation. There is very limited data on NNV in pat...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Milross MA,Piper AJ,Norman M,Willson GN,Grunstein RR,Sullivan CE,Bye PT

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a polysomnographic observation of the acute phase of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome, characterized by an alteration of the sleep-wake cycle and by the absence of non-rapid eye movement sleep. An atypical transitional state between rapid eye movement sleep and wake with hallucinations and enacting-dream be...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Plazzi G,Montagna P,Meletti S,Lugaresi E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population-based studies of insomnia among adults residing in communities in developing countries are rare. The objectives of this population-based study were to determine the prevalence and factors associated with insomnia among adults (18 years and over) living in a Brazilian town with 15,000 inhabitants (...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Rocha FL,Guerra HL,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In some patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores (ESS) do not reflect the severity of disease. In many cases, bed partners (BPs) report more severe hypersomnia on the part of the patient than the patient him/herself. The purpose of this study was to assess the agreement be...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Walter TJ,Foldvary N,Mascha E,Dinner D,Golish J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of nasal bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) treatment for concurrent sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBDs) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on electrophysiological measures of spontaneous brain activity and auditory stimulus processing. METHODS:Nineteen chil...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Johnstone SJ,Tardif HP,Barry RJ,Sands T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To replicate the left minus right (L-R) hemisphere EEG power shifts coupled to rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep observed in 1972 by Goldstein (Physiol Behav (1972) 811), and to characterize the L-R EEG power spectra for total EEG, delta, theta, alpha and beta bands.Background...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Shannahoff-Khalsa DS,Gillin JC,Yates FE,Schlosser A,Zawadzki EM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The measurement of impedance permits reliable detection of obstructive apneas, hypopneas and upper airways resistance syndrome.Objective: To establish whether impedance-controlled self-adjusting positive airway pressure therapy (APAP(FOT)) is equally as good as constant continuous positive airway pressure ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Randerath WJ,Galetke W,David M,Siebrecht H,Sanner B,Rühle K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study examines specific hypotheses that both sleep loss and behavioral changes occurring with the time shifts for Daylight Savings Time (DST) significantly effect the number of fatal traffic accidents in the United States of America.Background: It has been reported that there is a significant increase ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Varughese J,Allen RP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To compare treatment outcomes associated with combined pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments for psychophysiological insomnia.Background: Treatments for insomnia have included a variety of pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral interventions, although few studies have investigated the combined ef...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Rosen RC,Lewin DS,Goldberg L,Woolfolk RL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past 25 years, the 'alpha-delta NREM sleep abnormality' has been used by some as a defining or legitimizing marker for poorly defined rheumatic diseases such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Comprehensive review of the literature reveals no support for such a conclusion. Most studies involve small...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Mahowald ML,Mahowald MW

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe five patients who presented with irresistible daytime sleepiness and who have the clinical and laboratory features of narcolepsy but differ from most patients with narcolepsy in their ability to resist falling asleep during the daytime. All of the patients described partial or complete remission of their s...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Shechter-Amir D,Wade JA,Moldofsky H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: (i) Evaluation of the clinical differences and similarities presented by patients diagnosed as OSAS and UARS subjects. (ii) Evaluation of the ability of a sleep disorders specialist to dissociate the two syndromes based upon clinical evaluation.Population: 314 subjects were included. They were referred to a...

journal_title：Sleep medicine

authors： Guilleminault C,Black JE,Palombini L,Ohayon M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00