Night Stepping: Fitbit Cracks the Case.

The most common sleep disorders that can result in injurious or violent behaviors include REM sleep behavioral disorder, sleepwalking, comorbid parasomnias, sleep-related dissociative disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea. Video polysomnography is usually indicated to evaluate recurring sleep-related injury in adults. Only one-third of patients with complex paroxysmal nocturnal events will have one of their habitual events on a single night of in-laboratory video polysomnography, most often those who have prominent, high-frequency motor features.

Epilepsy and Sleep-Related Breathing Disturbances.

Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurologic disorde in the United States, affecting over 2.2 million people. Epilepsy is associated with a number of medical and psychiatric comorbidities, higher health-care use and cost, and substantial economic burden.

Does burst-suppression achieve seizure control in refractory status epilepticus?

Background: The general principles in the administration of anesthetic drugs entail not only the suppression of seizure activity but also the achievement of electroencephalography burst suppression (BS). However, previous studies have reported conflicting results, possibly owing to the inclusion of various anesthetic agents, not all patients undergoing continuous electroencephalography (cEEG), and the inclusion of anoxic encephalopathy. This study aimed to analyze the effects of midazolam-induced BS on the occurrence outcomes in refractory status epilepticus patients.