Confusional arousals
Evidence-based neurology checklist on confusional arousals: Defining features These are brief episodes of arousal from sleep They are frequently associated with other sleep disorders Types Predisposing factors Motor features Associated psychiatric disorders Associated sleep disorders Treatment
Defining features
- These are brief episodes of arousal from sleep
- They are frequently associated with other sleep disorders
Types
Predisposing factors
Motor features
Associated psychiatric disorders
Associated sleep disorders
Treatment
References
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- Ohayon MM, Guilleminault C, Priest RG. Night terrors, sleepwalking, and confusional arousals in the general population: their frequency and relationship to other sleep and mental disorders. J Clin Psychiatry 1999; 60:268-276.
- Ohayon MM, Mahowald MW, Leger D. Are confusional arousals pathological? Neurology 2014; 83:834-841.
