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Epworth sleepiness scale
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This article is published in Sleep Medicine.The article was published on 2003-05-01. It has received 3630 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Epworth Sleepiness Scale & Sleep debt.read more
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Effect of transsphenoidal surgery on sleep apnoea in acromegaly
TL;DR: A high prevalence of sleep apnoea syndrome is found in acromegaly patients, in particular, in men and those with long duration of disease, and a marked reduction of GH excess by transsphenoidal adenomectomy may cure SAS and improve insulin resistance and hypertension.
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Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Dementia
Sharon Ooms,Yo-El Ju +1 more
TL;DR: It is essential to follow patients with dementia and sleep disorders closely, with serial monitoring of individual response to treatment, to avoid cognitive side effects, sedation, and falls in the demented and older population.
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Sleep Problems in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
TL;DR: Poor control of RA is associated with a reduction in sleep quality and decreased daytime sleepiness, which is likely explained by pain-related alertness.
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Detection of autoantibodies against hypocretin, hcrtrl, and hcrtr2 in narcolepsy: anti-Hcrt system antibody in narcolepsy.
TL;DR: The results do not support the hypothesis that autoantibody-mediated dysfunction in the hypocretin system underlies the pathophysiology of narcolepsy.
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Alternating leg muscle activation during sleep and arousals: a new sleep-related motor phenomenon?
TL;DR: It is speculated that ALMA could represent transient facilitation of a spinal central pattern generator for locomotion, perhaps due to serotonergic effects of antidepressant medication.
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Daytime Sleepiness, Snoring, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale
TL;DR: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) as mentioned in this paper is a simple questionnaire measuring the general level of daytime sleepiness, called here the average sleep propensity This is a measure of the probability of falling asleep in a variety of situations.
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Relation of sleepiness to respiratory disturbance index: the Sleep Heart Health Study.
Daniel J. Gottlieb,Coralyn Whitney,William H. Bonekat,Conrad Iber,Gary D. James,Michael D. Lebowitz,F J Nieto,C E Rosenberg +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that SDB is associated with excess sleepiness in community-dwelling, middle-aged and older adults, not limited to those with clinically apparent sleep apnea.
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The Epworth Sleepiness Scale may not reflect objective measures of sleepiness or sleep apnea
TL;DR: The data suggest that the subjectively derived ES cannot be used as a surrogate for the objectively determined Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSL) or measures of sleep apnea severity.
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The multiple sleep latency test: what does it measure?
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Sleepiness and driving: the experience of U.K. car drivers
TL;DR: The accident liability of the drivers has been evaluated using a multivariate statistical model; for some drivers, accident liability is shown to be sensitive to daytime sleepiness.