Neurológia pre prax 4/2014
NREM arousal parasomnias
NREM arousal parasomnias include confusional arousals, sleepwalking (somnambulism) and sleep terrors (pavor nocturnus). These parasomnias occur primarily in childhood and in 2–4 % of adults. Factros that deepen sleep and factors that fragment sleep have been reported as facilitating or triggering episodes in predisposed individuals. Polysomnography and video-EEG monitoring is indicated in clinically ambiguous cases. A variety of pharmacological as well as non-pharmacological treatments have been recommended for long- -term management of NREM parasomnias.
Keywords: confusional arousal, somnambulism, night terror, polysomnography.
