The Role of Sleep in Daily Effectiveness
Although the volume of articles on sleep medicine has increased in medical journals and consumer publications, patients still fail to recognize the importance of sleep on overall health and wellness.
Sleep Medicine
Nursing Intervention Promotes Better Sleep for Inpatients
Nighttime room entries reduced in unit where nurses received coaching, integrated SIESTA.
Symptom Management for Restless Leg Syndrome
Restless leg syndrome is one of the most difficult sleep disorders to manage.
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A Clinical Challenge
REM sleep behavior disorder is commonly seen in older men, and symptoms include violent muscle movements or fighting during the night.
Assessing the Risks of Using Alcohol as a Sleep Aid
Discussing alcohol use with patients is important as alcohol consumption before bedtime is shown to negatively affect patient sleeping patterns.
Might Coffee Be Causing Your Poor Sleep?
Although the beneficial effects of drinking coffee include increased mental alertness, stamina, muscle recovery, and wakefulness, unwanted effects can include restlessness, palpitations, hypertension, insomnia, tremors, and increased urine output.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Asthma: Gaining Control by Losing Weight
Poor control of asthma and obstructive sleep apnea can feed off one another, according to Michelle Zeidler, MD, pulmonologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, and director of the UCLA Sleep Fellowship Program.
Will a New Cooling Device Benefit Patients With Insomnia?
Therapeutics to cool the brain may someday be a safer alternative to hypnotics.
Discrepancy of Sleep in Patients with Paradoxical Insomnia
In patients with paradoxical insomnia, also called sleep state misperception, there is a significant discrepancy between objective sleep quality and subjective perception of sleep.
Frightening parasomnias of childhood sleep
Parasomnias usually occur in healthy children, but the differential can include neurologic, psychiatric, and mental disorders, so careful observation and a good history and physical are important.
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