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RLS
CLINICAL SYNDROME ( BASED ON HISTORY ONLY)
ARMS AND TRUNK CAN BE INVOLVED TOO

STRONG URGE TO MOVE
CREEPY CRAWLY FEELING
RELIVED BY WALKING
CAUSES DAYTIME FATIGUE
SEEN IN WOMEN MORE@ANY AGE
>50%OF PTS WITH RLS HAVE FAMILY TRAITE

ASSOCIATED WITH (IRON DEFICIENCY)
SEVERE KIDNEY FAILURE
TX: MEDICATION (BENADRYL,ELAVIL,PROZAC,HALDOL)
PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS (PLMW)
RECORDED DURING WAKE UP TO 10 SEC. MORE THEN 15 PLMW/HR OF WAKE SUPPORTS CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF RLS
TECH MOTES SHOULD DOCUMENT PT RESTLESSNESS AND SENSATIONS
PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS DURING SLEEP (PLMS)
MOVEMENTS OF LEGS OR ARMS &TRUNK

WORSENED BY DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKERS AND ANTIDEPRESSANT
LOW FERRITIN LEVELS
PLMS AND RLS ARE NOT SAME
80-90% OF PEOPLE WITH RLS HAVE PLMS
BUT NOT EBERYONE WITH PLMS HAS RLS
70-75% WITH (REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER) (RBD)
PRESENT IN NREM & REM
45-65% WITH NARCOLEPSY
MONITOR BOTH LEGS;EMG=50HZ TO150HZ RANGE
HFF @100HZ
SENSITIVITY TO RECORD TOE TWITCHES
0.5-10 SEC. DURATION AMPLITUDE 8uV IN BASELINE,SEPARATED BY 5-90SEC. LEG MOVEMENTS ON 2 DIFFERENT LEGS >5SEC BETWEEN MOVEMENTS ARE COUNTED AS ONE LEG MOVEMENT
MUST BE 4 OR MORE IN SEQUENCE OTHERWISE NOT PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS
SEEN ON (N1) DECREASE (N3) ABSENT (REM) UNLESS (RBD)
PLMS INDEX
# OF PLMS /HR OF TOTAL SLEEP TIME PER PSG

PLMS AROUSAL INDEX
#IF PLMS ASSICUATED WUTG EEG AROUSALS/HR OF TOTAL SLEEP TIME PER PSG
PERIODIC LIMB MOVENENT DISORDER (PLMD)
CHARACTERIZED BY PLMS
DISTURBANCE NOT DUE TO ANOTHER SLEEP DISORDER
COMPLAINTS OF DIFFICULTY GETTING TO SLEEP OR STAYING ASLEEP PTS CAN BE UNAWARE BUT PT BED PARTNERS COMPLAIN
>5/HR OF SLEEP CHILDREN
>15/HR SLEEP ADULTS
TX= MEDICATIONS FOR RLS ARE EFFECTIVE IN TX PLMD
SLEEP RELATED BRUXISM
RHYTHMIC CONTRACTIONS OF JAW MUSCLES WITHOUT TOOTH GRINDING (THYTHMIC MASTIVATORY MUSCLE ACTIVITY OR RMMA)
STROMG MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS PRODUCE CLENCHING OF TEE AND TOOTH-GRINDING SOUNDS ARE SLEEP RELATED BRUXISM
ABNORMAL WEAR OF TEETH,BROKEN TEETH,LOOSE TEETH,PAINFUL OR HYPERSENSITIVE TEETH , JAW PAIN,JAW LOCK ON WAKING OR HEADACHE
BRIEF(PHASIC)OR (TONIC) ELEVATIONS OF CHIN EMG TWICE THE AMPLITUDE OF BACKGROUND EMG
PT IS NOT AWARE OF BRUXISM OR AROUSALS OR COMPLAIN ABOUT POOR SLEEP QUALITY PARTNER DOES ABOUT NOISE , DENTAL EXAM SHOWS DESTRUCTION OF TEETH
OCCURS ALL STAGES 80% IN (N1 & N2)EMG 0.25-2SEC. ARE SCORED IF >3
ELVATIONS IN CHIN EMG
>3 SEC INTERVAL OF STABLE BACKGROUND BEFORE NEW EPISODE CAN BE SCORED.90% HAVE AROUSAL FOLLOWED BY ONSET OF JAW-MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TOOTH GRINDING
(LOOKS LIKE CHEWING)
CAN SCORE BY AUDIO IN COMBINATIONS WITH PSG MINUMUM OF 2 AUDIBLE TOOTH GRINDING ABSENT OF EPILEPSY ESSENTIAL FOR CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF SLEEP STUDY
SLEEP RELATED BRUXISM-RISK FACTORS OR TRIGGERS
FAMILY HISTORY, OTHER MOVEMENTS DISORDERS
-PARKINSON'S DISEASE-TOURETTE'S SYNDROME,RLS,OSA,DEMENTIA,DEPRESSION,MENTAL RETARDATION,ALCOHOL,MEDICATIONS&DRUGS
TX= NO SPECIFIC CURE MOUTH GUARD STABILIZATION BITE SPLINT REDUCE PAIN, MEDICATION FOR SHORT TERM USE OR IN MOST SEVERE CASES
(KLONOPIN,FLEXERIL,MIRAPEX,INDERAL ,BOTOX
PARASOMNIAS
UNDESIRABLE PHYSICAL EVENTS WHEN ONE IS GOING TO SLEEP,DURING SLEEP OR DURING AROUSAL FROM SLEEP
RESULT FROM (CNS)TRANSMITTED INTO SKELETAL MUSCLES AND/OR (FIGHT OR FIGHT) NERVOUS SYSTEM
REM AND NREM
REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER (RBD)
CAUSE INJURY OR SLEEP DISRUPTION
DISAPPEARANCE OF NORMAL SKELETAL MUSCLE ATONIA(PARALYSIS DURING REM)
SLEEP RELATED INJURY COMMON
HSTY=VIOLENT,VIVID DREAMS WHICH PT BEING ATTACKED, PT RESPONDS BY ATTACKING BACK PT CAN REMEMBER DREAM ACTIONS
EPISODES OCCUR DURING REM APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES AFTER SLEEP ONSET, EPISODES OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY IN SECOND HALF OF NIGHT
LONG HST OF DISRUPTIVE MOVEMENTS DURING SLEEP MORE COMMON IN MEN>50, UNDERLING NEUROLIGICAL DISORDER PARTICULARY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE OR NARCOLEPSY,SEEN WITH ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL WITH INTENSE REM SLEEP REBOUND, ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN TRIGGER RBD (EFFEXOR,PROZAC,REMERON)
RBD & POLY SOMNOGRAPHY
VIDEO RECORDINGS DURING PSG,MONITOR ALL FOUR LIMBS
EXCESSIVE SUSTAINED EMG ATONIA DURING REM SLEEP
OLMS WITH FEW EEG AROUSAL DURING NREN SLEEP IN 70-75% RBD PTS. PLMS CAN BE PRESENT DURING REM SLEEP
SCORING RBD
(TONIC) MUSCLE ACTIVITY IN REM IN CHIN EMG- AT 50% DURATION OF EPOCH HAS EMG AMPLITUDE>THEN MINIMUM AMPLITUDE SEEN IN NREM
EXVESSIVE TRANSIENT MUSCLE ACTIVITY DURING REM IN CHIN OR LIMB EMG - DIVIDE A 30 SEC EPOCH INTO 10 SEQUENTIAL 3 SECOND MINI EPOCHS @LEAST 5(50%) OF THE MINI EPOCHS CONTAIN BURST OF TRANSIENT MUSCLE ACTIVITY 0.1-5.0 SEC. IN DURATION AND @ LEAST 4 TIMES HIGH IN AMPLITUDE AS BACKGROUND EMG ACTIVITY.
NREM DISORDERS OF AROUSAL
MENTAL CONFUSION OR CONFUSIONAL BEHAVIOR DURING OR AFTER AROUSAL FROM SLEEP
SLEEPWALKING
SLEEP TERRORS =CRY OR SCREAM (FEAR)
MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN THAN ADULTS
CONFUSIONAL AROUSALS
OCCURE 1ST PART OF NIGHT BUT CAN OCCUR ON ATTEMPTED AWAKENING IN AM
MARKED MENTAL CONFUSION DURING AND AFTER AROUSAL FROM SLEEP, SLOW SPEECH AND DISORIENTATION TO TIME AND SPACE
PT CAN HAVE AUTOMATIC BEHAVIOR SUCH AS PICKING AT BEDCLOTHES ,BECOMES AGITATED IF OUTSIDER TRIES TO HELP
MAY NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING DURING AROUSAL
COMMONLY OCCURS IN SLOW WAVE SLEEP
CAN OCCURE IN (N2)
PREDISPOSING FACTORS
FAMILY HISTORY SHIFT WORK OTHER SLEEP DISORDERS, INSUFFICIENT SLEEP , ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
PRECIPITATION FACTORS RECOVERY FROM SLEEP DEPRIVATION,ALCOHOL,OSA,PLMD,DRUG ABUSE,FORED AWAKENING , PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION
SLEEPWALKING
CHILDREN WALK IN SLEEP
THEY APPEAR TO BE AWAKE BEHAVIORS ARE INAPPROPRIATE POTENTIALLY VIOLENT PT HARD TO AROUSE OR ARE CONFUSED IF AWAKENED
DO NOT REMEMBER EPISODE IN AM
SEEN IN FAMILY COMMON CHILDREN 8-12, USEALLY SPONTANEOUSLY STOPS AROUND PUBERTY
ASSOCIATED WITH INJURY OR VIOLENCE IS COMMON IN ADULT MALES
SLEEPWALKING & PSG
AFTER AROUSAL FROM (SWS) NEAR END OF FIRST OR SECOND EPISODE OF SWS
OCCASIONALLY ARISES OUT OF (N2) MULTIPLE AROUSAL FROM SWS WITHOUT SLEEPWALKING BEHAVIOR
VIDEO,POST AROUSAL EEGEVENT SUCH AS OSA, NORMAL REM ATONIA AND EXCLUDE RBD
EEG 16 CHANNELS SHOULD BE NORMAL TO EXCLUDE SEIZURES
NOTE BEHAVIOV DURING AROUSALS
SLEEP TERRORS
ABRUPT AWAKENING BEGIN TO CRY OR LOUD SCREAM, INTENSE FEAR SITS UP IN BED INCONSOLABLE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR PT CAN NOT RECALL EVENT IN AM
OCCURS IN FAMILIES
BEGINS CHILDHOOD
CAN BEGIN IN ADULTHOOD INJURY OCCUR IF PT TRIES TO ESCAPE FROM BED OR FIGHT WITH OTHERS
SUDDEN AROUSAL FROM SWS END OF 1ST OR 2ND EPISODE OF SWS
SLEEP TERRORS
ABRUPT AWAKENING BEGIN TO CRY OR LOUD SCREAM, INTENSE FEAR SITS UP IN BED INCONSOLABLE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR PT CAN NOT RECALL EVENT IN AM
OTHER PARASOMNIAS
SLEEP RELATED EATING DISORDER
SLEEP ENURESES(BED WETTING)
SLEEP RELATED GROANING (CATATHRENIA)
EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME
SLEEP RELATED HALLUCIANATIONS
SEIZURES
UNCONTROLLED,ABNORMAL ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN BRAIN
CAUSE AWARENESS,MOVEMENT AND/OR SENSATION LAST A FEW MINUTES CAN OCCURE WAKING AND SLEEP WITH SLEEP MOST COMMONLY IN NREM
EPILEPSY
NEUROLOGIC DISORDER IN WHICH A PERSON HAS TENDENCY TO HAVE SEIZURE
ICTUS
OLDER TERM FOR SEIZURE OCCURS
ICTAL
TIME IN WHICH A SEIZURE OCCURS
PRE-ICTAL
PERIOD BEFORE A SEIZURE
POST-ICTAL
PERIOD AFTER SEIZURE
INTER-ICTAL
BETWEEN 2 SEIZURES
SEIZURES & THE SLEEP TECH
WHEN HOW LAST SEIZURE WHAT HAPPEN! DID PT TAKE MEDICATIONS

KNOW PROTOCOL FOR PT IF SEIZURE AND WHAT TO DO AND WHO TO CALL
INTERICTAL DISCHARGES
SINGLE SPIKES OR SHARP WAVE OR COMPLEXES WITH SPIKES FOLLOWED BY SLOW WAVES
WITHOUT CLINICAL EVENT
NREM SLEEP INTERICTAL DISCHARGES SPREAD MORE EASILY AND LEAD TO CLINICALLY EVIDENT SEIZURES
REM RELATIVELY ANTIEPILEPTIC STATE INTERICTAL DISCHARGES DO NOT SPREAD EASILY AS IN NREM AND SEIZURES ARE GENERALLY NOT CLINICALLY EVIDENT
ICTAL EVENTS
CONTAINING SPIKES AND SHARP WAVES LAST FOR SEVERAL SECONDS OR MINUTES
USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF A SEIZURE
GENERAL SEIZURES
DISCHARGES AFFECT BOTH SIDES OF BRAIN SIMULTANEOUSLY
1.) LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
2.) GENERALIZED TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE
3.) ABSENCE SEIZURES
PARTIAL SEIZURES
DISCHARGES ORIGINATE IN ONE PART OF THE BRAIN
1.) PARTIAL COMPLEX SEIZURE= PRODUCES IMPAIRMENT IN CONSCIOUSNESS
2.) PARTIAL SIMPLE SEIZURE - CONSCIOUSNESS IS RETAINED
PARTIAL SEIZURE WITH SECONDARY GENERALIZATION
PARTIAL SEIZURES WHICH SPREAD TO INCLUDE BOTH CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, CAUSING GENERALIZED SEIAURE
GENERALIZED TONIC CLONIC SEIZURES
1.) LIMBS STIFFEN AND RIGID (TONIC)
2.) LIMBS AND FACE BEGIN TO JERK RHYTHMICALLY(CLONIC PHASE)
3.)LOOS OF BOWEL OR BLADDER CONTROL
4.) LAST FEW MINUTES
5.) CONFUSED AFTERWARD, FATIGUE AND HEADACHE
6.) MAY NOT BREATH DURING (TONIC PHASE) CAN BE LABORED DURING (CLONIC PHASE AND AFTER SEIZUREIS OVER
7.)START CPR IMMEDIATELY AND CALL 911
ABSENCE SEIZURES / PETIT MAL
SEIZURE BEGIN AND ENDS ABRUPTLY
BEGINS WITH BLANK STARE, LAST FEW SECONDS
MAY BE ACCOMPANIEW BY RAPID EYE BLINKING
PT RETURNS TO FULL CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER AND IS UNAWARE THAT SEIZURE OCCURRED
ABSENCE SEIZURES CAN BE TRIGGERED BY COUNTING OR REPEATING THE ALPHABER
ABSENCE SEIZURES ARE MORE COMMON IN CHILDRE THAN ADULTS
SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURES
NO LOSS CONSCIOUSNESS
SOMETIMES PT CAN NOT TALK
CAN SFFECT MOVEMENT= TWITCHING OF FACE RAPID EYE BLINKING EMOTIONS = PT SUDDENLY FEELS AFRAID ANGRY OR HAPPY MAY HAVE UNCONTROLLABLE CRYING
SENSATIONS= ODD SMELL DISTORTION OF VISION PECULIAR SOUND BAD TASTE BURNING SKIN
DEJA VU= FEEL AS THOUGH THEY HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE
JAMAIS VU= FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS APPEAR UNFAMILIAR
STATUS EPILEPTICUS
REPEATED SEIZURES OCCURING FREQUENTLY PT DOEN NOT RECOVER FOR ONE SEIZURE BEFORE THE ONE STARTS
CALL MEDICAL EMERGENCY
CALL YOUR MEDICAL DR