Polysomnography

Types of Sleep Apnea Treatment By John Hingg | Submitted On August 18, 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author John Hingg Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder characterized by brief…

et al. (2011), in a randomized controlled trial of 37 postmenopausal Brazilian women (age 50 to 65) found that 80 mg of soy-derived isoflavones taken daily for 4 months significantly improved sleep, as measured by baseline and post-treatment polysomnography (from 77.9% to 83.9% in isoflavone group versus 77.6% to 81.2% in placebo group), decreased the intensity and number of hot flashes, and decreased the frequency of subjective insomnia symptoms (89.5% to 36.9% in isoflavone group; 94.7% to…

(Luyster et al., 2015). Considering these are self-reported means of acquiring sleep information, there is a probability of subjectiveness and poor recollection in individuals. Objective measures of sleep architecture and disorders include the Polysomnography and Actigraphy. These are used by healthcare professionals to assess sleep variables (Petit, Azad, Byszewski, Sarazan, & Power,…

There were 422 patients, 344 males and 78 females, who went through a polysomnography from March 2009 to June 2012. The records were manually scored to their standard criteria. Scoring hypopneas were patients with total sleep time duration of hypopneas under 200 minutes. The duration of REM and NREM must be similar otherwise there…

circumference, waist, blood pressure and co-morbidities were recorded. The patients themselves completed an Epworth Sleepiness Score form and if the ESS score was>11 they were referred to the respiratory physicians team for further assessment and polysomnography. Patients were explained in detail about the surgery, possible complications and post procedure expectations; they were offered surgery after obtaining a complete informed…

Narcolepsy is a disease that affects the Central Nervous System with many symptoms that differ between each person with no cure that has been found. Narcolepsy has become known as a sleep disorder although it affects each person through the wakeful hours of the day. Symptoms that affect people with narcolepsy are excessive daytime sleepiness, disrupted night time sleep and when those affected fall asleep during the day, they experience sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations. Not every…

More often than not, the general population does not view sleep as a priority, but rather as something to sacrifice in the name of productivity or entertainment should the need arise. However, similarly to those of nutrition and daily physical activity, sleep plays an essential role in day to day health and largely dictates the development of the brain from birth and onward. In order to properly nourish the growing brain and individual, one must realize the importance of sleep and its impact on…

Psychology – Sleep Assignment Title: Snoozzzze before you losssse What is Sleep? Sleep is described as a non-waking state of consciousness that is characterised by general unresponsiveness to the environment and physical immobility. Sleep is when the nervous system of your body is inactive and the muscles are relaxed. Why do we sleep when we do? Humans tend to sleep 5-8 hours every night, and to do so in a pattern tied to the 24-hour light-darkness cycle. This cycle is called a circadian rhythm…

Chambers, A. M., & Payne, J. D. (2013). Laugh yourself to sleep: memory consolidation for humorous information. Exp Brain Res, 232, 1415-1427. DIO: 10.1007/s00221-013-3779-7 The purpose of this study was to examine how sleep effects memory of humorous and non-humorous cartoons over 12 hours and whether it influences the retention of humorous information. Experiment 1 consisted of 79 Notre Dame students with a mean age of 19.95 years and 65% were female. 9 of the participants were excluded from…

Obesity is a chronic disease that is excess body fat that has a major impact on a person’s health. Obesity is associated with many chronic conditions like cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes, osteoarthritis, and cancers. Over sixty percent of adults are considered overweight or obese. Obesity is attributed to an estimate 34,000 new cases of cancer. Obesity is not being talk enough about. People are still eating less fruits and vegetables. People are going to fast food restaurants eating…