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  • Case 17 - Frequent night-time wanderings

  • from Part IV - Parasomnias
  • Edited by Antonio Culebras
  • Book:
    Case Studies in Sleep Neurology
    Published online:
    10 November 2010
    Print publication:
    23 September 2010, pp 117-122

  • Summary

    This chapter presents the clinical history, examination, and the results of the procedures performed on a 30-year-old male shift worker who was admitted for the evaluation of uncontrolled daytime sleepiness and generalized muscle hypotonic attacks. The patient was also falling to the ground without loss of consciousness. The chapter presents the clinical history, examination, follow-up, treatment, diagnosis, and the results of the procedures performed on the patient. The results of polysomnography (PSG) showed that the patient had a total sleep time of 400 minutes and a total wake time of 40 minutes, with a sleep efficiency of 91%. The diagnosis was narcolepsy with cataplexy. Sodium oxybate was administered in increasing doses, and the progression after a year and a half was satisfactory; no episodes of cataplexy occurred during regular work hours. After 4 months of treatment with sodium oxybate, the patient did not complain of daytime sleepiness.