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A 7-Year-Old Boy with Intractable Seizures and Snoring.

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Obstructive sleep apnea and primary snoring in children with epilepsy.

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Sleep-related breathing disruptions in children with epilepsy are common and can range from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnea. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea can lead to significant morbidity. This study aimed to identify factors associated with its occurrence and severity in children

A structured questionnaire predicts if convulsions are epileptic or nonepileptic.

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OBJECTIVE Therapy for convulsive seizures is usually initiated on the basis of clinical assessment, without video/EEG confirmation, but a nonepileptic origin may eventually be demonstrated. This study evaluates the diagnostic value of a witness-questionnaire in distinguishing between convulsive

Severe Postictal Hypoxemia-Associated Seizure in a 12-Year-Old Child.

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A 9 year-old girl with developmental delay and seizure disorder presented for evaluation of witnessed breathing pauses during sleep that were not associated with snoring or gasping. Polysomnography showed a generalized seizure with post ictal central apnea associated with severe desaturation and a

An 18-Year-Old Woman With Snoring and Refractory Epilepsy.

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An 18-year-old woman with a history of refractory complex partial epilepsy presented for evaluation of snoring and episodes of gasping for air during sleep. She had uncontrolled epilepsy since the age of 8 years despite trial of multiple antiepileptic medications. She eventually underwent an

A 15-year-old boy with snoring and molar tooth sign.

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A 15-year-old boy presented for evaluation of snoring and sleep-disordered breathing. The parents noted that the patient snored every night and that he had episodes when he stopped breathing, ending with gasping for air. He had no history of sleep walking, night terrors, tongue biting, or seizures.

Diagnostic accuracy of audio-based seizure detection in patients with severe epilepsy and an intellectual disability.

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We evaluated the performance of audio-based detection of major seizures (tonic-clonic and long generalized tonic) in adult patients with intellectual disability living in an institute for residential care. First, we checked in a random sample (n=17, 102 major seizures) how many patients have

Postictal breathing pattern distinguishes epileptic from nonepileptic convulsive seizures.

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OBJECTIVE To examine postictal breathing pattern in generalized convulsive nonepileptic seizures (GCNES) and generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) and evaluate this feature as a discriminating sign. METHODS We reviewed the postictal breathing pattern seizures in 23 generalized tonic-clonic

[Disorders of the sleep-wakefulness function].

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Disorders of sleep belong to the most frequent troubles. A lot of different factors may contribute to the pathogenesis of sleep disorders. Modern sleep research has opened important views into the structure of sleep and the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. In a narrower sense sleep disorders mean

Long-term follow-up of patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy treated with sodium oxybate (Xyrem).

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OBJECTIVE The clinical experience with sodium oxybate (Xyrem) in patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy is still limited, especially in children, elderly patients, and patients with concomitant obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In this report, we describe 4 patients with narcolepsy and refractory cataplexy

Respiratory disorders during sleep in patients with epilepsy: effect of ventilatory therapy on EEG interictal epileptiform discharges.

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OBJECTIVE Sleep disorders are common and may coexist with a variety of diseases, including epilepsy, with important implications for the clinical management of the latter. Sleep fragmentation and deprivation, and hypoxia associated to sleep disordered breathing (SDB) may contribute to the occurrence

Self-injury and mental retardation in a 7-year-old boy.

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METHODS Mark is a 7 year old with severe mental retardation and self-injurious behavior. The behaviors include hitting his face with his fist and banging his head against the wall, floor, or table. These behaviors occurred intermittently in the past. During the past 6 months, they have increased in

REM sleep behavior disorder and other sleep disturbances in Disney animated films.

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During a viewing of Disney's animated film Cinderella (1950), one author (AI) noticed a dog having nightmares with dream-enactment that strongly resembled RBD. This prompted a study in which all Disney classic full-length animated films and shorts were analyzed for other examples of RBD. Three

Prevalence of EEG paroxysmal activity in a population of children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

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OBJECTIVE Sleep breathing disorders may trigger paroxysmal events during sleep such as parasomnias and may exacerbate preexisting seizures. We verified the hypothesis that the amount of EEG paroxysmal activity (PA) may be high in children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Spectrum of polysomnographic abnormalities in children with epilepsy.

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This study sought to evaluate polysomnographic abnormalities in a cohort of 40 children with epilepsy who underwent a sleep study because of various sleep complaints. Retrospective analyses included polysomnographic variables, antiepileptic drugs, type of epilepsy, and seizure control. The subgroup

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