The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy
Sleep Science, 2014 This is a series of cases describing the use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. Cataplexy is the most specific symptom of narcolepsy, being characterized by a sudden and temporary loss of muscle tonus, triggered by ...
Hassana de Almeida Fonseca +10 more
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The effect of chewing gum on physiological and self-rated measures of alertness and daytime sleepiness [PDF]
, 2012 The proposition that chewing gum can improve alertness was investigated via both physiological and self-rated measures. The Pupillographic Sleepiness Test (PST) provided a measure of pupillary unrest (PUI); a physiological index of daytime sleepiness ...
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Narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness [PDF]
, 2004 Excessive daytime sleepiness is common,1 yet opportunities to learn about sleep medicine in medical school are rare; a survey in 1998 indicated that undergraduate courses devoted a median of five minutes to sleep and its disorders.2 In this review we ...
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Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2007 This study compares the prevalence of complaints of insomnia, excessive diurnal sleepiness, parasomnias, and sleep habits of the adult population in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, estimated in surveys carried out in 1987 and 1995.
M.L.N. Pires +5 more
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The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness among academic physicians and its impact on the quality of life and occupational performance [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives: Sleep disorders can affect health and occupational performance of physicians as well as outcomes in patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) measured by the Epworth Sleepiness ...
Hasan Huseyin Eker +3 more
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Evaluation of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness with Sleep Apnea and Determining the Relationship Between Life Quality [PDF]
, 2019 Aim:Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome (OSAS) is an important health issue characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction affecting many different systems in the human body.
Cemal Hacı +5 more
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A Review of Scales to Evaluate Sleep Disturbances in Movement Disorders
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Patients with movement disorders have a high prevalence of sleep disturbances that can be classified as (1) nocturnal sleep symptoms, such as insomnia, nocturia, restless legs syndrome (RLS), periodic limb movements (PLM), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA ...
Mónica M. Kurtis +4 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the correlations between excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), assessed by the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), and the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and nocturnal sleep architecture features, clinical symptoms of narcolepsy ...
Ulises Jiménez-Correa +3 more
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Relationship between spatial and social phenotypes in an avian scavenger
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.A method is applied to distinguish interaction rates that would be expected given animals' movements from those that exceed expected values due to incidental contact. The relationship between space use and both observed and non‐incidental social network position varies between social situations.
Kaija Gahm +5 more
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Crude and Adjusted Prevalence of Sleep Complaints in Mexico City [PDF]
Sleep ScienceOBJECTIVE: To estimate the crude prevalence rates of several sleep complaints and the prevalence for each one adjusted for the coexistence of symptoms in other sleep domains in a representative sample of adult individuals from ...
Alejandro Jiménez-Genchi +1 more
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