Citation

Somboon T, Grigg-Damberger MM, Foldvary-Schaefer N. J. Clin. Sleep Med. 2019; 15(2): 355-357.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Academy of Sleep Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

30736884

Abstract

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. We report evidence of sleep walking induced by sodium oxybate identified by steps recorded on a consumer wearable device coinciding with clinical history and evidence of injury.

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Language: en

Keywords

narcolepsy; parasomnias; sleep walking; sodium oxybate