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RBD is a sleep disorder characterized by the loss of normal skeletal muscle atonia during REM sleep and is associated with prominent motor activity and vivid dreaming. [6] [2] These dreams often involve screaming, shouting, laughing, crying, arm flailing, kicking, punching, choking, and jumping out of bed.
Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD), acting out violent or dramatic dreams while in REM sleep, sometimes injuring bed partner or self (REM sleep disorder or RSD). [88] Restless legs syndrome (RLS), an irresistible urge to move legs. Shift work sleep disorder (SWSD), a situational circadian rhythm sleep disorder.
In potentially harmful or disturbing cases a specialist in sleep disorders should be approached. [22] Video polysomnographic documentation is necessary only in REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), since it is an essential diagnostic criteria in the ICSD to demonstrate the absence of muscle atonia and to exclude comorbid sleep disorders.
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders due to medical condition 327.37 G47.27 Other circadian rhythm sleep disorder 327.39 G47.29 Other circadian rhythm sleep disorder due to drug or substance 292.85 G47.27 Parasomnias: Disorders of arousal (from non-REM sleep) - Confusional arousals 327.41 G47.51 - Sleepwalking 307.46 F51.3 - Sleep terrors 307.46 F51.4
Dyssomnias are primary disorders of initiating or maintaining sleep or of excessive sleepiness and are characterized by a disturbance in the amount, quality, or timing of sleep. Patients may complain of difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep, intermittent wakefulness during the night, early morning awakening, or combinations of any of these.
Each sleep cycle lasts about 90 to 110 minutes and includes stages that fall into two main phases: non-REM (or NREM) sleep and REM sleep. Non-REM sleep has three sub-stages: light sleep, deep ...
Predominance of REM or NREM: Catathrenia typically, sometimes even exclusively, occurs during REM sleep, [1] although it may also occur to a lesser degree during NREM sleep. The predominance of REM or NREM sleep during which noises occurs varies from patient to patient. [9] For some cases, a REM predominance has been reported whereas it is the ...
Night terror, also called sleep terror, is a sleep disorder causing feelings of panic or dread and typically occurring during the first hours of stage 3–4 non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep [1] and lasting for 1 to 10 minutes. [2]