Jorge Iriarte1, Arantza Campo2, Manuel Alegre3, Secundino Fernández4, Elena Urrestarazu3. 1. Sleep Unit and Clinical Neurophysiology Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Electronic address: jiriarte@unav.es. 2. Pneumology Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. 3. Sleep Unit and Clinical Neurophysiology Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. 4. ENT Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The International Classification of Sleep Disorders-Third Edition (ICSD-3) classifies catathrenia among the respiratory disorders and not as a parasomnia as in ICSD-2. Few patients have been reported during these years, and the clinical description of the sound is different from group to group. In fact, there is no full agreement about its nature, origin, meaning, and treatment. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this paper we review the literature on catathrenia focusing on the characteristics of the sound, demographics of the patients, aetiology, response to treatment, etc., in order to support its classification as a respiratory disorder or a parasomnia. We also discuss the possibility of Catathrenia being not one disorder but two variants or two different disorders.
BACKGROUND: The International Classification of Sleep Disorders-Third Edition (ICSD-3) classifies catathrenia among the respiratory disorders and not as a parasomnia as in ICSD-2. Few patients have been reported during these years, and the clinical description of the sound is different from group to group. In fact, there is no full agreement about its nature, origin, meaning, and treatment. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this paper we review the literature on catathrenia focusing on the characteristics of the sound, demographics of the patients, aetiology, response to treatment, etc., in order to support its classification as a respiratory disorder or a parasomnia. We also discuss the possibility of Catathrenia being not one disorder but two variants or two different disorders.
Authors: Brian Villafuerte-Trisolini; Fiorella Adrianzén-Álvarez; Kevin R Duque; Jimmy Palacios-García; Darwin Vizcarra-Escobar Journal: J Clin Sleep Med Date: 2017-03-15 Impact factor: 4.062
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