Sleep-associated movement disorders are a broad group of sleep disorders characterized
by involuntary movements that may disrupt sleep. Relatively little is known about the clinical …

Patients with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) show cardiac dysrhythmias in association with
cyclical nocturnal hypoxemia; are they at risk of dying during sleep? To assess this claim, we …

Patients with sleep apnea syndrome may present with many types of cardiopulmonary
abnormalities. Acute pulmonary edema, however, either as a part, or as the presenting …

Sleep disordered breathing is common and may affect up to 24% of men and 9% of
women.'There is a continuum in sleep disordered breathing associated with progressively …

Sleep disorders are becoming more prevalent. There is an overlap of symptoms related to
obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and many psychiatric conditions. Complaints of …

Psychiatric disorders account for the largest diagnostic category for patients with sleep
complaints. In epidemiologic surveys of the general adult population, at least one third of …

A 23-year-old black female was referred to the University Hospital of Oklahoma because of
“sleep trouble.” She complained of falling asleep easily during the daytime. A sleep study …

The panic-respiration connection has been presented with increasing evidences in the
literature. We report three panic disorder patients with nocturnal panic attacks with …

T he syndrome of sleep apnea has been described through-out the ages, dating at least to
descriptions of Dionysius the Tyrant in the fourth century BC. It is only recently that scientific …

Sleep disorder specialists manage 90% of patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea,
which affects 10% of the general population. From another perspective, cardiovascular …