Citation

Sillesen NH, Nielsen LT, Bonde C. Ugeskr. Laeger 2010; 172(50): 3489-3490.

Vernacular Title

Komplekse skader i forbindelse med sovngaengeri.

Affiliation

Weidekampsgade 55, 2. th., 2300 København S. hylleholt@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Den Alm Danske Laegerforening)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21156113

Abstract

Up to 3% of adults walk in their sleep and some perform complex behaviours. Treatment recommendations for sleepwalking are inconsistent. This case report describes a 64-year-old man who climbed out of a 2nd floor toilet window during somnambulism. He fell 6-8 meters and fractured the tibia, fibula, cervical columna, lumbal columna, calcaneus, costae and suffered a pneumothorax. Evidence to support sleepwalking treatment is lacking and besides benzodiazepines, prevention is the preferred treatment choice according to the literature.

Language: da