abstract：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS)/Willis-Ekbom disease (WED) is common during pregnancy, affecting approximately one in five pregnant women in Western countries. Many report moderate or severe symptoms and negative impact on sleep. There is very little information in the medical literature for practitioners on the manageme...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Picchietti DL,Hensley JG,Bainbridge JL,Lee KA,Manconi M,McGregor JA,Silver RM,Trenkwalder C,Walters AS,International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG).

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing cardiometabolic risk may represent an important target for effective obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment. The impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the first line therapy of OSA, on metabolic or inflammatory markers is still debated. A systematic literature search using several databases w...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Jullian-Desayes I,Joyeux-Faure M,Tamisier R,Launois S,Borel AL,Levy P,Pepin JL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, portable sleep recording devices became an accepted alternative to polysomnography (PSG) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis in patients with a high pre-test probability of moderate to severe OSA but home polysomnography (H-PSG) was not recommended because there were insufficient data. The present re...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Bruyneel M,Ninane V

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep duration has been suggested to play a key role in the development of metabolic syndrome (MS). However, the results have been inconsistent. The objective of this study was to clarify the association between sleep duration and MS risk. PubMed and Embase databases were searched for eligible publications. Pooled odd...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Xi B,He D,Zhang M,Xue J,Zhou D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is aimed at summarizing the current state of knowledge regarding parasomnias, which have been implicated in medicolegal cases as well as providing guidance to those working within common-law jurisdictions regarding the technical aspects of the law. Sleepwalking and sexsomnia as a defence are being raised m...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Morrison I,Rumbold JM,Riha RL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most effective intervention in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea, but adherence to this treatment is often less than optimal. A variety of factors and interventions that influence and improve CPAP use have been examined. There is increasing recognition...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Crawford MR,Espie CA,Bartlett DJ,Grunstein RR

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sleep problems are a potential risk factor for work injuries but the extent of the risk is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the effect of sleep problems on work injuries. METHODS:A systematic literature search using several databases was performed. Sleep problems of an...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Uehli K,Mehta AJ,Miedinger D,Hug K,Schindler C,Holsboer-Trachsler E,Leuppi JD,Künzli N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental illness that can have a debilitating effect on daily functioning. A body of research reveals altered sleep behaviour in OCD sufferers; however, findings are inconsistent and there is no consensus on the nature of this relationship. Understanding sleep disturbance...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Paterson JL,Reynolds AC,Ferguson SA,Dawson D

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep can improve the off-line memory consolidation of new items of declarative and non-declarative information in healthy subjects, whereas acute sleep loss, as well as sleep restriction and fragmentation, impair consolidation. This suggests that, by modifying the amount and/or architecture of sleep, chronic sleep di...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Cipolli C,Mazzetti M,Plazzi G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a common disorder in both adults and children and is caused by the obstruction of the upper airway during sleep. Unlike adults, most cases of paediatric SDB are due to the presence of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, thus the main treatment option is adenotonsillectomy (T&A). It is we...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Vlahandonis A,Walter LM,Horne RS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large elastic arteries and smaller muscular conduit arteries become stiffer with ageing, a process that is accelerated in the presence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In recent years, numerous techniques have been developed to measure arterial stiffness, either in single vessels or in entire muscular arterial trees. ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Phillips CL,Butlin M,Wong KK,Avolio AP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 20% of the labor force worldwide, work shifts that include work hours outside 07:00 h to 18:00 h. Shift work is common in many occupations that directly affect the health and safety of others (e.g., protective services, transportation, healthcare), whereas quality of life, health, and safety during shift work a...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Wright KP Jr,Bogan RK,Wyatt JK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its role in vision, light exerts strong effects on behavior. Its powerful role in the modulation of mood is well established, yet remains poorly understood. Much research has focused on the effects of light on circadian rhythms and subsequent interaction with alertness and depression. The recent discove...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Stephenson KM,Schroder CM,Bertschy G,Bourgin P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by recurrent obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, resulting in episodic reductions in blood oxygen saturation and arousals from sleep. Mandibular repositioning appliances (MRAs) which are worn intra-orally at night, mechanically advance the mandible to help maintain a ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Dieltjens M,Vanderveken OM,Heyning PH,Braem MJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic rhinitis is a very prevalent disease in developed nations and has been increasing throughout the world. Nasal congestion is one of the most common and bothersome symptoms of rhinitis in both children and adults. Congestion is associated with sleep-disordered breathing and is thought to be a key cause of sleep...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Lunn M,Craig T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity-based sleep-wake monitoring or actigraphy has gained a central role as a sleep assessment tool in sleep medicine. It is used for sleep assessment in clinical sleep research, and as a diagnostic tool in sleep medicine. This update indicates that according to most studies, actigraphy has reasonable validity and...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Sadeh A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on 339 cases this review identifies, quantifies and compares 4 clinical forms of recurrent hypersomnia (1) Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) (239 cases), (2) Kleine-Levin syndrome without compulsive eating (KLS WOCE) (54 cases), (3) Menstrual related hypersomnia (MRH) (18 cases) and Recurrent hypersomnia with comorbid...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Billiard M,Jaussent I,Dauvilliers Y,Besset A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep plays a vital role in physical and mental functioning. It is increasingly recognized that disturbed sleep is a highly prevalent and chronic condition that merits greater awareness due to the wide-ranging and serious repercussions associated with it. Nocturia is one of the causes of sleep disturbance and has been...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Ancoli-Israel S,Bliwise DL,Nørgaard JP

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this systematic review and content analysis was to identify and quantify the concepts contained in patient-administered health status measures in sleep medicine practice and research using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference. Both generic and con...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Gradinger F,Glässel A,Bentley A,Stucki A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaires are a useful and extensively used tool in clinical sleep medicine and in sleep research. The number of sleep questionnaires targeting the pediatric age range has tremendously increased in recent years, and with such explosion in the number of instruments, their heterogeneity has become all the more appa...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Spruyt K,Gozal D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on electrophysiological, neurochemical, genetic and neuropharmacological approaches it is currently accepted that serotonin (5-HT) functions to promote waking (W) and to inhibit rapid-eye movement sleep (REMS). The serotonin-containing neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) provide part of the serotonergic in...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Monti JM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) often have unrecognized sleep disorders at higher frequency than the general population. Sleep disorders such as sleep disordered breathing, insomnia, REM sleep behavior disorder, narcolepsy and restless legs syndrome have all been reported in the MS population. Notably, the most ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Brass SD,Duquette P,Proulx-Therrien J,Auerbach S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome is a highly prevalent condition. Severe OSAH affects 2-6% of the population, although only 10% of subjects are correctly diagnosed and treated. OSAH is an important and unresolved public health care problem because of its role in the development of cardiovascular events...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Durán-Cantolla J,Aizpuru F,Martínez-Null C,Barbé-Illa F

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent transcript profiling and microarray studies are beginning to unveil some of the mysteries of sleep. One of the most important clues has been the identification of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident chaperone, immunoglobulin binding protein (BiP), that increases with sleep deprivation in all species studied...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Naidoo N

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea results from the combination of a structurally small upper airway combined with the loss of muscle tone during sleep. Most therapies aim to reduce apnea severity by increasing airway size and stability. Conceptually, upper airway surgery should be a highly effective method to treat obstructive ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Tucker Woodson B

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common cause of daytime sleepiness for millions of Americans. It is also a disease associated with an increased likelihood of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, daytime sleepiness, motor vehicle accidents, and diminished quality of life. A number of population-based studie...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Lin CM,Davidson TM,Ancoli-Israel S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of children who are overweight or obese has risen steadily in recent decades and approaches a quarter of all children in Western countries. This global epidemic of excess weight and adiposity in humans is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, especially related to diabetes and poor cardiova...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Kohler MJ,van den Heuvel CJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleepiness and sleep propensity are strongly influenced by our circadian clock as indicated by many circadian rhythms, most commonly by that of core body temperature. Sleep is most conducive in the temperature minimum phase, but is inhibited in a "wake maintenance zone" before the minimum phase, and is disrupted in a ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Lack LC,Gradisar M,Van Someren EJ,Wright HR,Lushington K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the recent years intensive research has revealed numerous negative consequences of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for the cardiovascular system. The pathophysiological interaction between OSA and coronary artery disease is complex and comprises neural, humoral, mechanical and haemodynamic components. One of the most...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Lüthje L,Andreas S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychiatric intervention, light therapy, grew from an intensive 25-year research focus on seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Dosing and timing strategies have been honed to optimize the antidepressant effect, and efficacy relative to placebo has provided the evidence base for widespread implementation. A persisten...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Terman M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric chronotherapeutics is the controlled exposure to environmental stimuli that act on biological rhythms in order to achieve therapeutic effects in the treatment of psychiatric conditions. In recent years some techniques (mainly light therapy and sleep deprivation) have passed the experimental developmental p...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Benedetti F,Barbini B,Colombo C,Smeraldi E

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daytime sleepiness and sleep disordered breathing are increased in older compared to middle-aged adults. The cognitive and cardiovascular sequelae associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have significant implications for the older adult who may already be suffering from chronic illness. Most of the evidence supp...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Weaver TE,Chasens ER

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid use whether acute or chronic, illicit or therapeutic is prevalent in Western societies. Opioid receptors are located in the same nuclei that are active in sleep regulation and opioid peptides are suggested to be involved in the induction and maintenance of the sleep state. mu-Opioids are the most commonly used ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Wang D,Teichtahl H

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronically painful conditions are frequently associated with sleep disturbances, i.e. changes in sleep continuity and sleep architecture as well as increased sleepiness during daytime. A new hypothesis, which has attracted more and more attention, is that disturbances of sleep cause or modulate acute and chronic pain...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Lautenbacher S,Kundermann B,Krieg JC

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review shows that impaired/shortened sleep is a major cause of accidents in industry and transport. The reason is either sleep pathology, voluntary (non-pathological) sleep reduction, or activity during the circadian low. Night or morning work is a prominent factor with regard to the latter two. However, the link...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Philip P,Akerstedt T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the long-term neuropsychological consequences of sleep disorders in children poses a significant challenge to researchers. Since children are in a state of rapidly changing cognition and neurobehavioral function, impacts on development may have profound consequences. Recent studies now demonstrate that m...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Halbower AC,Mahone EM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleepiness and fatigue are two interrelated, but distinct phenomena; observed in a number of psychiatric, medical and primary sleep disorders. Despite their different implications in terms of diagnosis and treatment, these two terms are often used interchangeably, or merged under the more general lay term of 'tired'. ...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Shen J,Barbera J,Shapiro CM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive deficits and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are comorbid conditions frequently associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Oxygen free radical release and its differential regulation of cytokine synthesis and immune modulation resulting from OSA-related hypoxic events have been hypothesized as the underlyin...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Baldwin CM,Bootzin RR,Schwenke DC,Quan SF

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarises data gathered on the KC phenomenon over the past 70 yr. The following issues are discussed: definitions, morphology and topography of KC, the regular participation in NREM sleep, elicitability features of evoked KC, autonomic and motor concomitants, relationship of KC with information processing...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Halász P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involuntary sleep-related erections (SREs) occur naturally during REM sleep in sexually potent men and other mammals. The regularity of their pattern and non-volitional nature made SREs useful clinically for differentiating psychogenic and organic erectile dysfunction (ED) in candidates for surgical intervention. Norm...

journal_title：Sleep medicine reviews

authors： Hirshkowitz M,Schmidt MH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00