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‘Nocturnal groaning’: just a sound or parasomnia?
Author(s) -
OLDANI A.,
MANCONI M.,
ZUCCONI M.,
CASTRONOVO V.,
FERINISTRAMBI L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2005.00460.x
Subject(s) - parasomnia , nocturnal , medicine , polysomnography , pediatrics , psychology , anesthesia , psychiatry , electroencephalography
Summary We describe the clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of 12 patients complaining of expiratory groaning during sleep. Groaning occurred almost exclusively during rapid eye movement sleep. We reviewed all the literature cases, obtaining a total sample of 27 patients. There is no evident association with any predisposing factors or underlying disease. The results obtained from empirical treatment, including drugs and CPAP, are unsatisfactory. The origins of nocturnal groaning, as well as the long‐term prognosis, remained unexplained.