Methods The full-night diagnostic polysomnograms of 50 consecutive patients who were
referred for evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing were available for analysis. All patients …

It has become apparent in the last few years that many sleep complaints expressed by
patients may involve cessation of breathing during sleep (apnea) or severe leg jerks …

The authors examined the accuracy of the differential diagnosis of chronic insomnia with
and without sleep laboratory studies in a consecutive series of 123 patients. All patients …

Sleep is a vital biological function and we currently know that sleep disorders are highly
prevalent in the population. The history of the development of sleep science and sleep …

Sleep disorders medicine is concerned with serious alterations in the sleeping and waking
states. Usually, these changes are excessive or inappropriately timed sleep or wakefulness …

Clinical investigation of sleep disorders relies primaril y on two major techniques: the o
vernight polysomnogram (PSG) and the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT). The overnight …

Sleepiness is common, dangerous, and difficult to quantitate. Sleepiness normally occurs if
one tries to be awake during the circadian sleepiness phase or if one obtains insufficient …

This paper is a review of the literature on the use of polysomnography in the diagnosis of
sleep disorders in the adult. It is based on a search of MEDLINE from January 1966 through …

The multiple sleep latency test provides an objective measure of a patient's daytime
sleepiness. Sixteen tests were performed at Groote Schuur Hospital in 1987 and 1988 …

The recording and recognition of EEG activity during sleep is familiar to most EEG
technicians, and indeed most EEG clinics have used sleep as a diagnostic procedure for …