Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
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Serviço de Pneumologia - Departamento do Tórax do Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal

Biography

Dr. Paula Pinto, has been working in the Department of Pulmonology. Dr. Paula Pinto received his Ph.D from the University Hospital Center Lisbon Norte, Lisbon, Portugal. His areas of research interests include Breathing and Lung disorders etc.,

Publications

• Case Report   
  Catathrenia Presenting as Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
  Author(s): Andrea Lopes Machado*, Renato Oliveira, Susana Moreira, Carla Bentes, Paula Pinto and Cristina Bárbara
  
  Catathrenia is a rare condition and corresponds to the identification of a deep inspiration followed by a prolonged and monotone groaning, usually occurring on rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Although it’s clinical relevance is still uncertain. In this report, the authors describe a case of catathrenia presenting with excessive daytime sleepiness and nonrestoring sleep that was interfering with work performance as well as martial life. This condition was successfully treated with Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) despite the lack of diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) by correction of sleep fragmentation. Treatment with PAP is well established when catathrenia is associated with OSA but is unclear if no other sleep disorder is present. In the last International Classification of Sleep Disorders, catathrenia has been classified as an isolated symptom, however .. View More»
  

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