...) questionnaire to evaluate excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), and the PD Sleep Scale version-2 (PDSS-2) questionnaire to evaluate night-time sleep disturbance. Subjective sleep information and details about the presence or absence of sleep attack (SA) were also obtained from the patients. Results: The types...

...Enea Ghielmini; Rositsa Poryazova; Christian R. Baumann; Claudio L. Bassetti Background: We aimed to investigate the differential roles of hypocretin versus dopamine dysfunction versus excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in the development of hyposmia. Olfaction in patients with Parkinson disease...

... were identified. Excessive daytime sleepiness was seen in 6 patients (75%), insomnia in 5 (62.5%), and excessive fatigue in 4 (50%). Obstructive sleep apnea was diagnosed in 3 of 5 patients (60%) studied with PSG. Respiratory muscle weakness was present in all 6 patients (100%) who received pulmonary...

...Jean-Philippe Neau; Joël Paquereau; Vanessa Auche; Stéphane Mathis; Gaëlle Godeneche; Jonathan Ciron; Nathalie Moinot; Gautier Bouche; Groupe des Neurologues Poitou-Charentes (GNPC) Background: Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) report sleep disturbances (SD) and excessive daytime sleepiness...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cataplexy Excessive daytime sleepiness Sleep paralysis Hallucinations Sodium oxybate Narcolepsy Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) is a disabling life-long sleep-wake disorder, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Excessive daytime sleepiness Hypersomnai Behçet’s disease Hypocretin...

...R. Poryazova; D. Benninger; D. Waldvogel; C.L. Bassetti Background/Aims: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is frequent in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Occasionally, EDS in PD exhibits narcolepsy-like features. We aimed to assess characteristics and determinants of EDS in consecutive...

... to identify the characteristics and evolution of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) under dopaminergic treatment. Methods: Patients were assessed by clinical examination, questionnaires and video-polysomnography (PSG). Sleepy patients, as defined by Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) >10, were also assessed...

... quality of sleep is disturbed as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and increases throughout the pregnancy, except for excessive daytime sleepiness which was more frequent during the first trimester. 3 07 2008 4 01 2009 30 4 2009 © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel 2009 Copyright...

... the database of our sleep center to identify patients with both sleep apnea and epilepsy. Characteristics of epilepsy, sleep history, presence of excessive daytime sleepiness [Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)] and polysomnographic data were assessed. The effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP...

...Christian R. Baumann; Yves Dauvilliers; Emmanuel Mignot; Claudio L. Bassetti Excessive daytime sleepiness, hallucinations and REM sleep behavior disorder are symptoms reported in both dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and narcolepsy. Considering the demonstration of low hypocretin-1/orexin A levels...