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Sleep

Changes in Behavior to Improve SleepTables

  • apnea

  • Sleep Apnea

  • headache with

  • Some Causes and Features of HeadachesTables

  • insomnia and

  • Insomnia and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: Less common causes

  • snoring and

  • Snoring: Sleep-disordered breathing

  • apnea in

  • Tests for Lung Disorders: Sleep Studies
    Sleep Apnea

  • with enlarged tonsils and adenoids

  • Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids: Symptoms

  • in children

  • Sleep Problems in Children

  • contact lens use during

  • Refractive Disorders: Contact Lenses

  • in dementia

  • Dementia: Intermediate

  • in depression

  • Depression: Symptoms

  • disorders of

  • Sleep Disorders
    Prescription Sleep Aids: Not to Be Taken LightlySidebar

  • drugs for

  • see Sleep aids

  • fatigue in

  • Fatigue: Evaluation
    Fatigue: What the doctor doesTables

  • information resources on


  • travel-related

  • Problems in Transit: Sleep Disturbance

  • weight gain with

  • Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Lifestyle

  • drugs and

  • Some Drugs That Interfere With SleepTables

  • in infant

  • Sleeping in Newborns and Infants

  • in older people

  • Spotlight on AgingSidebar

  • paralysis during

  • Narcolepsy: Symptoms

  • requirements for

  • Sleep Disorders

  • stages of

  • Sleep Disorders: The sleep cycle
    Stages of the Sleep CycleFigures

    Sleep aids

    Insomnia and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: Prescription sleep aids
    Prescription Sleep Aids: Not to Be Taken LightlySidebar

  • abuse of

  • Antianxiety and Sedative Drugs
    Classifying the Abuse Potential of Prescription DrugsSidebar

  • in elderly persons

  • Some Drugs Particularly Likely to Cause Problems in Older PeopleTables

    Sleep apnea

    Tests for Lung Disorders: Sleep Studies
    Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids: Symptoms

    Sleepiness

  • excessive

  • Insomnia and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

    Sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei infection)

    Other ParasitesTables

    Sleep studies

    Tests for Lung Disorders: Sleep Studies

    Sleepwalking

    Parasomnias: Sleepwalking (somnambulism)
    Sleep Problems in Children: Night Terrors and Sleepwalking

    Sling

    Fractures: Immobilization

    Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

    Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
    Slipped Capital Femoral EpiphysisFigures

    Slit lamp examination

    The Eye Examination: Slit-Lamp Examination
    What Is a Slit Lamp?Figures

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