Publications by authors named "Francisco Jose Appiani"

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of sleep paralysis (SP) in medical students from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).

Materials And Methods: An questionnaire based on the diagnosis of SP and a demographic survey was electronically presented to students of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine of the UBA. The respondents answered both questionnaires using Google Forms.

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  • Catatonia is often confused with delirium due to overlapping symptoms, and this study aimed to investigate their comorbidity in patients diagnosed with delirium.
  • A total of 120 patients were assessed, revealing that 26% had both catatonia and delirium, while 55% only had delirium.
  • Lorazepam was tested on patients with catatonia/delirium, showing a low response rate in the combined group, but a higher positive response rate in those diagnosed with catatonia alone (60%).
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