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Update on Research and Practices in Major Sleep Disorders: Part II-Insomnia, Willis-Ekbom Disease (Restless Leg Syndrome), and Narcolepsy.

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2019
PURPOSE This review (Part II of a series on sleep disorders) presents an update of the characteristics, epidemiology, assessment, and latest management of insomnia, restless legs syndrome (Willis-Ekbom disease; RLS/WED), and narcolepsy.
J. Chaiard, T. Weaver
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Peripheral hypoxia in restless legs syndrome (Willis-Ekbom disease)

Neurology, 2014
A case-control study to measure oxygen and carbon dioxide partial pressures in the legs in order to assess the involvement of peripheral hypoxia or hypercapnia in the pathogenesis of restless legs syndrome (RLS).RLS severity was assessed with a standard questionnaire.
Aaro V, Salminen, Ville, Rimpilä, Olli, Polo   +2 more
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Consensus clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease during pregnancy and lactation

Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2015
Kathryn A Lee, Mauro Manconi, Robert M Silver   +2 more
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Dopaminergic Therapy for Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2015
Dopaminergic therapies have been a mainstay of restless legs treatment and are endorsed as first-line therapies by multiple professional societies. This article summarizes the differences and similarities among the dopamine agonists with attention to pharmacology, efficacy, side effects, and dosing.
Rochelle S, Zak, Arthur S, Walters
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The complexities in the differential diagnosis of restless legs syndrome (Willis–Ekbom disease)

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
Introduction We present a literature review on the clinical conundrums surrounding the differential diagnosis of restless legs syndrome (RLS, Willis–Ekbom disease), as well as conditions that can mimic RLS.
K. Poplawska-Domaszewicz, Silvia Rota, M. Qamar, Ray Chaudhuri   +3 more
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Long-term intrathecal infusion of low-dose morphine effectively relieves symptoms of severe restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease without inducing opioid tolerance.

Pain
Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease (RLS/WED) causes a strong urge to move legs while resting. Restless legs syndrome/WED is an often-inherited disease occurring in 3% to 10% of adult populations, increasing with age.
Lars Janerås, Harald Breivik, B. Lundeland, G. Ringstad, Audun Stubhaug   +4 more
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Diagnosis of Restless Leg Syndrome (Willis-Ekbom Disease)

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2015
Restless leg syndrome, or Willis-Ekbom disease, is a neurosensorimotor disorder with significant impact that is diagnosed through 5 clinical criteria. Adherence to 5 criteria and a thorough physical examination are often sufficient for diagnosis. Associated features prove helpful in young children or the cognitively impaired.
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Living with Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2015
Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease (RLS/WED) is commonly seen in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but this condition has not been properly recognized. The prevalence of RLS/WED in ESRD shows the ethnic variation (7%-68%), with the similar tendency of primary RLS/WED.
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[RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME--WILLIS-EKBOM DISEASE].

La Revue du praticien, 2015
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder with a high prevalence (10% in Caucasian populations). It is a purely clinical diagnosis characterized by an urge to move the lower limbs usually accompanied or caused by unpleasant sensations in the legs with an improvement in symptoms with movement. These sensations occur during inactivity or at
Élisabeth, Ruppert, Marc, Bataillard, Patrice, Bourgin   +2 more
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Willis-Ekbom disease/restless legs syndrome in patients with opioid withdrawal

Sleep Medicine, 2018
Many patients with opioid use disorder report symptoms similar to restless legs syndrome (RLS) during withdrawal. However, whether these symptoms are true RLS, their predictors and effect of treatment with pregabalin are still unknown.A total of 19 consecutive patients with opioid use disorder who were admitted for detoxification were included in this ...
Ravi Gupta, Ramjan Ali, Rajat Ray
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