Sleep Disorders - Complications
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Factors related to fatigue in women and men with early rheumatoid arthritis: the Swedish TIRA study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To study whether there are differences between women and men with regard to the reported level of fatigue, to explore the strength of the relations between fatigue and disease activity, pain, sleep disturbance, mental health, and activity ... Read more...

[Sleep disorders in the elderly]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders are common in the elderly, and may lead to substantially impaired quality of life. Many of these disorders are not diagnosed or treated. This article covers treatment options and characteristics of common sleep disorders ... Read more...

[Sleep disorders in children and adolescents]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Pediatric sleep is a rapidly developing area, and understanding of sleep disorders in children and adolescents is improving. The article aims to present new knowledge to Norwegian physicians. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The article is based on ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Disorders - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Factors related to fatigue in women and men with early rheumatoid arthritis: the Swedish TIRA study. 30 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in the elderly] 6 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in children and adolescents] 6 Oct 2009
• [Attack-precipitating factors in migraine. Patient diary for better migraine attack control] 30 Jul 2009
• An unreported side effect of risperidone in children: sinus arrest with long pauses causing syncope. 29 Jun 2009
• Sleep and mental health. Once viewed only as symptoms, sleep problems may actually contribute to psychiatric disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• [Sleep quality, pain therapy. Summing up for the user] 22 Jun 2009
• Nocturnal Arrhythmias across a spectrum of obstructive and central sleep-disordered breathing in older men: outcomes of sleep disorders in older men (MrOS sleep) study. 20 Jun 2009
• Unusual sleep experiences, dissociation, and schizotypy: Evidence for a common domain. 19 Jun 2009
• Behavioral management of headache triggers: Avoidance of triggers is an inadequate strategy. 5 Jun 2009
• Lack of sleep could have health consequences for heart. 30 May 2009
• High slow-wave sleep and low-light sleep: chronic fatigue syndrome is not likely to be a primary sleep disorder. 30 May 2009
• The relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and sleep. 30 May 2009
• Sleep behavioral education as a key preventive health care for obesity. 30 May 2009
• The impact of nocturia on older people - implications for nursing practice. 26 May 2009
• [Sleep disorders and cognitive impairment: the cause and reaction] 29 Apr 2009
• [Sleep in older adults: association between chronic insomnia and cognitive functioning] 29 Apr 2009
• May is Better Sleep Month. 29 Apr 2009
• Influence of menopausal status on sleep and hot flashes throughout breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy. 29 Apr 2009
• Stressors and coping in individuals with chronic kidney disease. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Sleep Disorders'

Definition: Conditions characterized by disturbances of usual sleep patterns or behaviors. Sleep disorders may be divided into three major categories: DYSSOMNIAS (i.e. disorders characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia), PARASOMNIAS (abnormal sleep behaviors), and sleep disorders secondary to medical or psychiatric disorders. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)

Descriptor UI: D012893

Alternative terms: Sleep Disorders; Subwakefullness Syndrome; Subwakefullness Syndromes; Syndrome, Subwakefullness; Syndromes, Subwakefullness; Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea; Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related; Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related; Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea; Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas; Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Long Sleeper Syndrome; Long Sleeper Syndromes; Sleeper Syndrome, Long; Sleeper Syndromes, Long; Syndrome, Long Sleeper; Syndromes, Long Sleeper; Short Sleeper Syndrome; Short Sleeper Syndromes; Sleeper Syndrome, Short; Sleeper Syndromes, Short; Syndrome, Short Sleeper; Syndromes, Short Sleeper;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.886; C23.888.592.796; F03.870;