BACKGROUND Despite a confirmed association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), there is no study on patients presenting with nephrotic syndrome (NS). To investigate the frequency of RLS and poor quality sleep in NS-patients secondary to primary glomerulopathy with nearly normal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and its associated factors. METHODS Patients w...

The main limitation of FQRD-RLS algorithms is that they lack an explicit weight vector term. Furthermore, they do not directly provide the variables allowing for a straightforward computation of the weight vector as is the case with the conventional QRD-RLS algorithm, where a back-substitution procedure can be used to compute the coefficients. Therefore, the applications of the FQRD-RLS algorit...

Insomnia and excessive sleepiness are among the most commonly reported sleep problems related to shift work. Sleep-related movement disorders have, however, received far less attention in relation to such work schedules. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between different shift work schedules and the prevalence of Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease (RLS/WED...

Tekdos Demircioğlu et al. found that the prevalence of RLS among patients undergoing HD was high (41%).[1] In addition, a review article noted the prevalence of “uremic RLS” was approximately 30% in endstage renal disease (ESRD) patients.[2] However, its prevalence in this group ranged between 6.6% and 80% in various reports.[3–5] Based on the International RLS Study Group (IRLSSG) criteria, an...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sleep-related movement disorder commonly involving an unpleasant urge to move the limbs, typically the legs. Dopaminergic agents represent the first-line therapy for RLS; however, long-term use of such drugs results in worsening symptoms due to "augmentation" or other adverse events. Gabapentin, an analog of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric ac...

Although frequently underdiagnosed, several epidemiological studies have estimated the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in western countries at 5-15% of the general population. The diagnosis is usually made on a clinical basis, according to the criteria established by the international RLS study group. There are case reports of transient RLS in opiate withdrawal. We describe three opi...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder that responds to dopaminergic drugs, indicating a common pathophysiology with Parkinson's disease (PD). The prevalence of RLS was estimated in a group of PD patients and its clinical and biochemical characteristics were analysed. Forty-eight patients with PD were evaluated into two groups, with and without RLS. Clinical characteristics ass...

INTRODUCTION Little is known about the pediatric population at an increased risk of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD). Polysomnographic data from the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity-Sleep (CAPS) study showed a high prevalence of elevated periodic limb movement index (PLMI) in a cohort of ex-preterm children, but the clinical importance of this finding, su...

BACKGROUND Despite being frequently described, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) in patients, who are on hemodialysis, is a common disease which, has not been well documented in Iran. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of RLS and its sleep disorders in Iranian patients on hemodialysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this multicenter cross sectional study, 397 consecutive pa...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Enhanced external counter pulsation (EECP) is used to treat angina. With sustained treatment this increases collateral circulation to the coronary arteries as well as to the body as a whole. We found some patients who underwent EECP for angina or congestive heart failure who also coincidentally had severe Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). Case reports are presented. PATIENT...