Sleep Position and Sleep Stages: Evidence of Their Independence

Prevalence of Sleep Disorders and their Effects on Sleep Quality in Epileptic Patients

Introduction: Epilepsy is a complex pervasive neurobehavioral and social condition accompanied by a wide range of comorbid conditions that can adversely affect the quality of life of patients. Sleep complaints are common among patients with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of subjective sleep disturbances and its effects on sleep quality in epileptic patients.  Me...

The Stages of Sleep

Modeling of Sleep States and Estimation of Sleep Stages

The judgment standards of R-K method include ambiguities and are thus compensated by subjective interpretations of sleep stage scorers. This paper presents a novel method to compensate uncertainties in judgments by the subjective interpretations by the sleep model estimation approach and by describing the judgments in probabilistic terms. A full-order Luenberger observer based on the two sleep ...

The Bruxism Triad Sleep Bruxism, Sleep Disturbance, and Sleep-related Gerd. Sleep Stages and Arousal Response

Bruxism is defined as a diurnal and nocturnal parafunctional activity that includes clenching, bracing, gnashing, and grinding of teeth.1 the damage from bruxism is a reality in the everyday practice of dentistry and yet there is a great deal of confusion and controversy. dental professionals do not even agree on the relative number of people who brux. the estimates range from 5% to 95% of the ...

Infant sleep position: back to sleep.

S leep position is an important safety issue for infants younger than 1 year. This is because sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is associated with infants sleeping on their tummies. Sudden infant death syndrome is the leading cause of death for infants younger than 1 year. It most commonly occurs in babies between the ages of 2 and 4 months. Despite more than 15 years of the “back to sleep” e...