Sleep Disorders - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Symptom patterns in chronic sleep disorders]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders are classified into six main categories: insomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, sleep-related movement disorders, sleep-related breathing disorders, hypersomnias and parasomnias. The aim of this article is to shed light ... 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 - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Symptom patterns in chronic sleep disorders] 6 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in the elderly] 6 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in children and adolescents] 6 Oct 2009
• Sleep medicine. 29 Sep 2009
• Actigraphy: a valuable diagnostic tool or a luxury investigation? (Neuropsychiatric aspects). 28 Sep 2009
• [Mysteries of the sleep] 8 Sep 2009
• [Extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease: a critical analysis] 31 Aug 2009
• Determinants of sleep problems in patients with spondyloarthropathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea in the setting of comorbid pulmonary disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Objective measures of disordered sleep in fibromyalgia. 12 Aug 2009
• Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Anxiety and sleep problems: emerging concepts and theoretical treatment implications. 30 Jul 2009
• Guidelines for EEG in encephalopathy related to ESES/CSWS in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Encephalopathy with status epilepticus during slow sleep: "the Penelope syndrome". 30 Jul 2009
• Sleep in depression and anxiety disorders: a population-based study of elderly persons. 12 Jul 2009
• War-related exposure and psychological distress as predictors of health and sleep: a longitudinal study of Kuwaiti children. 8 Jul 2009
• [Sleep quality, pain therapy. Summing up for the user] 22 Jun 2009
• Unusual sleep experiences, dissociation, and schizotypy: Evidence for a common domain. 19 Jun 2009
• Sleep disorder symptoms are common and unspoken in Canadian general practice. 31 May 2009
• Lack of sleep could have health consequences for heart. 30 May 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;

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