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A 5-year prospective cohort study on health-related quality of life in patients with narcolepsy.
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Patients with narcolepsy show a stable impairment of HRQoL in a 5-year period with respect to Italian normative data, while Mood status and EDS negatively influence their HRZoL while disease duration has a positive influence.Citations
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Narcolepsy is complicated by high medical and psychiatric comorbidities: a comparison with the general population
TL;DR: Narcolepsy is associated with a high comorbidity of both medical conditions and psychiatric disorders that need to be addressed when developing a treatment plan.
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Diets and enteral supplements for improving outcomes in chronic kidney disease
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh,Noël Cano,Klemens Budde,Charles Chazot,Csaba P. Kovesdy,Robert H. Mak,Rajnish Mehrotra,Dominic S. Raj,Ashwini R. Sehgal,Peter Stenvinkel,T. Alp Ikizler +10 more
TL;DR: Intraperitoneal or intradialytic parenteral nutrition should be considered for patients with PEW whenever enteral interventions are not possible or are ineffective, and controlled trials are needed to better assess the effectiveness of in-center meals and oral supplements.
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Disrupted nighttime sleep in narcolepsy.
Thomas Roth,Yves Dauvilliers,Emmanuel Mignot,Jacques Montplaisir,Josh Paul,Todd J. Swick,Phyllis C. Zee +6 more
TL;DR: Clinicians involved in the management of patients with narcolepsy should investigate patients' quality of nighttime sleep, give weight and consideration to patient reports of nighttimeSleep experience, and consider DNS a target for treatment.
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Co-Morbidity, Mortality, Quality of Life and the Healthcare/Welfare/Social Costs of Disordered Sleep: A Rapid Review
Sergio Garbarino,Paola Lanteri,Paolo Durando,Nicola Magnavita,Walter G. Sannita,Walter G. Sannita +5 more
TL;DR: The high incidence and direct/indirect healthcare and welfare costs of sleep disorders and poor sleep currently constitute a major medical problem.
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Clinical and polysomnographic course of childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy
Fabio Pizza,Fabio Pizza,Christian Franceschini,Christian Franceschini,Christian Franceschini,Hanna Peltola,Stefano Vandi,Stefano Vandi,Elena Finotti,Elena Finotti,Francesca Ingravallo,Lino Nobili,Oliviero Bruni,Ling Lin,Mark J. Edwards,Markku Partinen,Yves Dauvilliers,Emmanuel Mignot,Kailash P. Bhatia,Giuseppe Plazzi,Giuseppe Plazzi +20 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the natural evolution of cataplexy and polysomnographic features in untreated children with narcolepsy with catapLexy foundHypotonic phenomena and selected facial movements decreased over time and, tested against disease duration and age, appeared as age-dependent.
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