Sleep disorders/Repetitorium
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Sleep disorders[edit | edit source]
Presumed terms: falling asleep, stages of sleep (REM, nonREM), awakening, sleep as a change of consciousness, thalamocortical synchronization
Classification[edit | edit source]
Quantitative Disorders[edit | edit source]
- Insomnia (hyposomnia)
- Hypersomnia
- Pickwick syndrome
- Narcolepsy (nonREM and REM)
- Sleep deprivation, microsleep
Qualitative disorders[edit | edit source]
- Somnambulism (nonREM)
- Sleep drunkenness
- Sleep paralysis
- Moria (Nightmare, REM)
- Pavor nocturnus (night terror, nonREM)
Sleep apnea syndrome[edit | edit source]
Sleep apnea: central, obstructive, mixed
Investigation[edit | edit source]
Comprehensive examination of disorders in the sleep laboratory
Polysomnography examines:
- airflow through the nose and mouth
- movements of the chest and abdomen
- snoring intensity
- saturation of Hb with oxygen
- EKG
- EOG
- EMG
- EEG
Links[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
Related Articles[edit | edit source]
Source[edit | edit source]
- VÍZEK, Martin. Repetitor [online]. [cit. 2012-01-18]. <https://web.archive.org/web/20130512032641/http://pf.lf2.cuni.cz/vyuka/repetitorium.html>.
