Postsurgical propriospinal myoclonus emerging at wake to sleep transition

Sleep Med. 2014 Jan;15(1):152-4. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.07.020. Epub 2013 Oct 21.

Authors

Takuya Oguri¹, Kazuki Hisatomi², Shoji Kawashima³, Yoshino Ueki³, Naoko Tachibana⁴, Noriyuki Matsukawa³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan. Electronic address: toguri@mac.com.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nagoya City University Hospital, Japan.
³ Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurology and Center for Sleep-Related Disorders, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 24238963
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.07.020

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidural anesthesia; Opioid; Polysomnography; Propriospinal myoclonus; Surface electromyogram; Surgery; Wake-to-sleep transition.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Anesthesia, Epidural / adverse effects*
Electromyography
Female
Humans
Myasthenia Gravis / surgery*
Myoclonus / etiology*
Myoclonus / physiopathology
Parasomnias / etiology*
Parasomnias / physiopathology
Polysomnography
Sleep
Spinal Cord / physiopathology*
Thymectomy
Wakefulness