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Ramos BLM, Umemura AMB, Bruni O, de Souza JF, Menezes JVNB. Parental report of dental pain and discomfort in preschool children is associated with sleep disorders: a cross-sectional study in Brazilian families. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2023; 24:43-53. [PMID: 36125631 DOI: 10.1007/s40368-022-00747-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the prevalence of sleep disorders in Brazilian preschool children and its associations with parental report of dental pain and discomfort. METHODS This cross-sectional study involved 604 Brazilian preschoolers (4-5 years old). Sleep disorders (SD) and the parental report of dental pain and discomfort (DPD) were evaluated using the Brazilian versions of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) and the Dental Discomfort Questionnaire (DDQ-B), respectively. Bivariate and multivariate Poisson regression analyses with robust variance were performed to analyze the association between SDSC and DP. RESULTS Prevalence of SD ranged from 7 to 21%. 7.9% of the children had DPD indicating the need for more invasive dental procedures (DDQ-B ≥ 5). Significant associations were found between DPD and the following SDSC domains: sleep hyperhidrosis (p = 0.024; PRa = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.04-1.83), disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep (p < 0.001; PRa = 1.41; 95% CI: 1.15-1.73), parasomnias (p < 0.001; PRa = 1.82; 95% CI: 1.39-2.37), and sleep-wake transition disorders (p = 0.018; PRa = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.04-1.58). Children with higher prevalence of DPD presented 20% higher prevalence of SD than children lower prevalence of DPD (p = 0.039; PRa = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.01-1.44). CONCLUSION Preschool children with higher prevalence of DPD are more likely to have SD, such as hyperhidrosis, disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep, parasomnias, and sleep-wake transition.
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- B L M Ramos
- Departament of Stomatology, Universidade Federal Do Paraná, Av. Prefeito Lothário Meissner, 632. Jardim Botânico, Curitiba, 80210-170, Brazil
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- Departament of Stomatology, Universidade Federal Do Paraná, Av. Prefeito Lothário Meissner, 632. Jardim Botânico, Curitiba, 80210-170, Brazil
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Departament of Stomatology, Universidade Federal Do Paraná, Av. Prefeito Lothário Meissner, 632. Jardim Botânico, Curitiba, 80210-170, Brazil
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- Departament of Stomatology, Universidade Federal Do Paraná, Av. Prefeito Lothário Meissner, 632. Jardim Botânico, Curitiba, 80210-170, Brazil.
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Voci A, Bruni O, Ferilli M, Papetti L, Tarantino S, Ursitti F, Sforza G, Vigevano F, Mazzone L, Valeriani M, Moavero R. Sleep Disorders in Pediatric Migraine: a questionnaire-based study. Sleep Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Moavero R, Voci A, Romigi A, Bisulli F, Luisi C, Vigevano F, Mazzone L, Valeriani M, Curatolo P, Bruni O. Sleep disorders in adults with tuberous sclerosis complex: a questionnaire-based study. Sleep Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Melegari M, Giallonardo M, Sacco R, Marcucci L, Orecchio S, Bruni O. Identifying the impact of the confinement of Covid-19 on emotional-mood and behavioural dimensions in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Psychiatry Res 2021; 296:113692. [PMID: 33421841 PMCID: PMC7770476 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The current study examined the impact of the lockdown due to the Covid-19 disease on mood state and behaviours of children and adolescents with ADHD. Nine hundred ninety-two parents of children and adolescents with ADHD filled out an anonymous online survey through the ADHD family association website. The survey investigated the degree of severity of six emotional and mood states (sadness, boredom, little enjoyment/interest, irritability, temper tantrums, anxiety) and five disrupted behaviours (verbal and physical aggression, argument, opposition, restlessness) based on their frequency/week (absent; low: 1-2 days/week; moderate: 3-4 days/week; severe: 5-7 days/week) before and during the lockdown. Important fluctuations were found in all dimensions during the lockdown independently by the severity degree. Subjects with previous low severity degree of these behaviors significantly worsened in almost all dimensions during the lockdown. On the contrary, ADHD patients with moderate and severe degree showed important improvement during the lockdown. Little enjoyment/interests and boredom resulted the dimensions more strongly affected by the condition of restriction, overall in children. Children vs. adolescents showed substantially similar trend but the former resulted significantly more vulnerable to emotive changes. The results provided both the individuation of domains affected, and the indirect benefits produced by restriction condition.
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- M.G. Melegari
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Service for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy,Corresponding author
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Ferri R, Bruni O, DelRosso LM. 0928 Heart Rate Variability During Sleep in Children and Adolescents with Restless Sleep Disorder or Restless Legs Syndrome and Normal Controls. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
Restless sleep disorder (RSD) has been recently characterized clinically and polysomnographically in children and differentiated from restless legs syndrome (RLS). Heart rate variability (HRV) is a reliable method to quantify autonomic changes during sleep. The aim of this study was to characterize HRV in children with RSD, RLS and normal controls, with the hypothesis that children with RSD have a shift toward sympathetic predominance during sleep.
Methods
Polysomnographic recordings from thirty-two children who fulfilled RSD diagnostic criteria (19 boys and 13 girls), 32 children with RLS (20 boys and 12 girls) and 33 controls (17 boys and 16 girls) were included. Four ECG epochs were chosen, one for each stage, and were analyzed for automatic detection of R waves. Time domain and frequency domain HRV parameters were obtained and analyzed.
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Age and gender were not statistically different between groups. In terms of time domain only the standard deviation of the average RR interval during stage N3 was slightly but significantly higher in RSD than in RLS patients. In terms of frequency domains, the LF band and the LF/HF ratio were increased in RSD and the HF percentage was lower in RSD during sleep stages N3 and R. The LF band and the LF/HF ratio increased in RLS and the HF percentage was lower in RLS during stage W.
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Children with RSD have increased sympathetic activation during sleep, particularly N3 and REM, compared to controls but, as expected, not during wakefulness. Differently, children with RLS have sympathetic activation during relaxed wakefulness preceding sleep and during sleep.
Support
Partial support by a grant of the Italian Ministry of Health RC n. 2751598 (R.F.)
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- R Ferri
- Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, ITALY
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- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, ITALY
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- Seattle Children’s Hospital, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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DelRosso LM, Hartmann S, Baumert M, Bruni O, Ferri R. 0943 Increased Non-REM Sleep Instability in Children with Restless Sleep Disorder. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
Restless sleep disorder (RSD) is a newly recognized condition characterized by motor movements involving large muscle groups with frequent repositioning or bed sheets disruption. We analyzed cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in these children, a marker of sleep instability that might be associated with the motor episodes of RSD and may play a role in their daytime symptoms.
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Polysomnographic recordings from thirty-eight children who fulfilled RSD diagnostic criteria (23 boys and 15 girls), 23 children with restless legs syndrome (RLS, 18 boys and 5 girls) and 19 controls (10 boys and 9 girls) were included. For CAP analysis, a previously developed, highly precise automated system, based on a deep learning recurrent neural network, was used.
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Age and gender were not statistically different between groups. RSD patients showed a lower percentage of A3 CAP subtypes than controls (median 9.8 vs. 18.2, p=0.0089), accompanied by shorter duration of the B phase of the CAP cycle (median 28.2 vs. 29.8 in controls, 30.2 in RLS, p=0.005) and shorter CAP cycle duration than both controls and RLS subjects (median 33.8 vs. 35.0 in controls, 35.8 in RLS, p=0.002). Finally, RSD children also showed a longer duration of CAP cycle sequences, when compared to controls (median 172.7 vs. 141.9, p=0.0063).
Conclusion
In conclusion, our study indicates that NREM sleep EEG shows an increased instability in RSD; these findings add to the current knowledge on the mechanisms of this newly recognized sleep disorder and suggest that sleep instability might be a favoring mechanism for the emergence of the motor episodes characterizing RSD.
Support
Partial support by a grant of the Italian Ministry of Health RC n. 2751598 (R.F.)
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- The University of Adelaide, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Adelaide, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, ITALY
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- Oasi Research Institute, Troina, ITALY
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DelRosso LM, Bruni O, Martin K, Ferri R. 0846 Sleep Disorders In School-aged Children With Pineal Cyst On Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- L M DelRosso
- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA
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- Sapienza University of Rome, ROME, ITALY
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- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA
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- Oasi Research Institute, Troina, ITALY
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Ferri R, Rundo F, Silvani A, Zucconi M, Bruni O, Ferini-Strambi L, Plazzi G, Manconi M. 0729 EFFECTS OF CHRONIC CLONAZEPAM ADMINISTRATION ON REM SLEEP INSTABILITY IN RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ferri R, Fulda S, Allen R, Zucconi M, Bruni O, Chokroverty S, Ferini-Strambi L, Frauscher B, Garcia-Borreguero D, Hirshkowitz M, Högl B, Inoue Y, Jahangir A, Manconi M, Marcus C, Picchietti D, Plazzi G, Winkelman J, Zak R. World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) 2016 standards for recording and scoring leg movements in polysomnograms developed by a joint task force from the International and the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Groups (IRLSSG and EURLSSG). Sleep Med 2016; 26:86-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- V. Guidetti
- Department Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry — Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) Interuniv. Center for the Study of the Headache and Neurotransmitters Disorders. Section of Rome
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- Department Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry — Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) Interuniv. Center for the Study of the Headache and Neurotransmitters Disorders. Section of Rome
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- Department Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry — Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) Interuniv. Center for the Study of the Headache and Neurotransmitters Disorders. Section of Rome
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- Department Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry — Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) Interuniv. Center for the Study of the Headache and Neurotransmitters Disorders. Section of Rome
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- Department Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry — Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) Interuniv. Center for the Study of the Headache and Neurotransmitters Disorders. Section of Rome
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De Liso P, Vigevano F, Specchio N, De Palma L, Bonanni P, Osanni E, Coppola G, Parisi P, Grosso S, Verrotti A, Spalice A, Nicita F, Zamponi N, Siliquini S, Giordano L, Martelli P, Guerrini R, Rosati A, Ilvento L, Belcastro V, Striano P, Vari M, Capovilla G, Beccaria F, Bruni O, Luchetti A, Gobbi G, Russo A, Pruna D, Tozzi A, Cusmai R. Effectiveness and tolerability of perampanel in children and adolescents with refractory epilepsies-An Italian observational multicenter study. Epilepsy Res 2016; 127:93-100. [PMID: 27568598 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2016.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of Perampanel (PER) in children and adolescents with refractory epilepsies in daily clinical practice conditions. PATIENTS AND METHODS This Italian multicenter retrospective observational study was performed in 16 paediatric epilepsy centres. Inclusion criteria were: (i) ≤18 years of age, (ii) history of refractory epilepsy, (iii) a follow-up ≥5 months of PER add-on therapy. Exclusion criteria were: (i) a diagnosis of primary idiopathic generalized epilepsy, (ii) variation of concomitant AEDs during the previous 4 weeks. Response was defined as a ≥50% reduction in monthly seizure frequency compared with the baseline. RESULTS 62 patients suffering from various refractory epilepsies were included in this study: 53% were males, the mean age was 14.2 years (range 6-18 years), 8 patients aged <12 years. Mean age at epilepsy onset was 3.4 years and the mean duration of epilepsy was 10.8 years (range 1-16), which ranged from 2 seizures per-month up to several seizures per-day (mean number=96.5). Symptomatic focal epilepsy was reported in 62.9% of cases. Mean number of AEDs used in the past was 7.1; mean number of concomitant AEDs was 2.48, with carbamazepine used in 43.5% of patients. Mean PER daily dose was 7.1mg (2-12mg). After an average of 6.6 months of follow-up (5-13 months), the retention rate was 77.4% (48/62). The response rate was 50%; 16% of patients achieved ≥75% seizure frequency reduction and 5% became completely seizure free. Seizure aggravation was observed in 9.7% of patients. Adverse events were reported in 19 patients (30.6%) and led to PER discontinuation in 4 patients (6.5%). The most common adverse events were behaviour disturbance (irritability and aggressiveness), dizziness, sedation and fatigue. CONCLUSION PER was found to be a safe and effective treatment when used as adjunctive therapy in paediatric patients with uncontrolled epilepsy.
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Galli F, Patron L, Russo PM, Bruni O, Ferini-Strambi L, Strambi LF, Guidetti V. Chronic Daily Headache in Childhood and Adolescence: Clinical Aspects and a 4-Year Follow-up. Cephalalgia 2016; 24:850-8. [PMID: 15377316 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chronic daily headache (CDH) represents a challenge in clinical practice and the scientific field. CDH with onset in children and adolescents represent a matchless opportunity to understand mechanisms involved in adult CDH. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnosis, prognosis and psychiatric co-morbidity of CDH with young onset in the young. Fifty-nine CDH patients has been followed from 1997 to 2001 in our department. Headache and psychiatric diagnoses were made on the basis of the international system of classification (International Headache Society, 1988; DSM-IV). X2 test and multinomial logistic regressions were applied to analyse factors predicting outcome. The current diagnostic system allows a diagnosis in 80% of CDH patients, even if age-related characteristics have been evidenced. Psychiatric disorders are notable in CDH (about 64% of patients) and predict (mainly anxiety) a poorer outcome. Surprisingly, analgesic overuse is not involved in the chronicization process. Diagnosis of CDH needs further study. Psychiatric disorders predict a worse outcome and greater account should be taken of them in treatment planning.
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- F Galli
- Department of Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
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Bassetti CL, Ferini-Strambi L, Brown S, Adamantidis A, Benedetti F, Bruni O, Cajochen C, Dolenc-Groselj L, Ferri R, Gais S, Huber R, Khatami R, Lammers GJ, Luppi PH, Manconi M, Nissen C, Nobili L, Peigneux P, Pollmächer T, Randerath W, Riemann D, Santamaria J, Schindler K, Tafti M, Van Someren E, Wetter TC. Neurology and psychiatry: waking up to opportunities of sleep. : State of the art and clinical/research priorities for the next decade. Eur J Neurol 2015; 22:1337-54. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.12781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- C. L. Bassetti
- Department of Neurology; Inselspital, Bern University Hospital; University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Division of Neuroscience; Sleep Disorders Centre; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milan Italy
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology; University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology; Inselspital, Bern University Hospital; University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences; Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milan Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology; Sapienza University; Rome Italy
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- Psychiatric University Clinic; Basel Switzerland
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- Division of Neurology; Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology; University Medical Centre Ljubljana; Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology; Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS); Troina Italy
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- Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology; Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Tübingen Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics; Children's University Hospital; Zurich Switzerland
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- Sleep Centre; Klinik Barmelweid AG; Barmelweid Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology; Leiden University Medical Centre; Leiden The Netherlands
- Sleep Wake Centre SEIN; Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland; Heemstede The Netherlands
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- UMR 5292 CNRS/U1028 INSERM; Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL); Team “Physiopathologie des réseaux neuronaux responsables du cycle veille-sommeil”; Université Claude Bernard Lyon I; Lyon France
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- Sleep and Epilepsy Centre; Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland; Civic Hospital (EOC) of Lugano; Lugano Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology/Sleep Medicine; Centre for Mental Disorders; Freiburg University Medical Centre; Freiburg Germany
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- Centre of Epilepsy Surgery ‘C. Munari’; Niguarda Hospital; Milan Italy
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- UR2NF - Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit; CRCN - Centre de Recherches Cognition et Neurosciences and UNI - ULB Neurosciences Institute; Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB); Brussels Belgium
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- Center of Mental Health; Klinikum Ingolstadt; Ingolstadt Germany
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- Institut für Pneumologie; Krankenhaus Bethanien gGmbH; Universität Witten/Herdecke; Solingen Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology/Sleep Medicine; Centre for Mental Disorders; Freiburg University Medical Centre; Freiburg Germany
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- Neurology Service; Hospital Clínic of Barcelona; Institut d'Investigació Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Neurology; Inselspital, Bern University Hospital; University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Centre for Integrative Genomics; University of Lausanne; Lausanne Switzerland
- Centre for Investigation and Research in Sleep; Vaud University Hospital; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Sleep and Cognition; Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience; Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Departments of Integrative Neurophysiology and Medical Psychology; Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR); VU University and Medical Center; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; University of Regensburg; Regensburg Germany
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- Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery and Orthopaedics Azienda Ospedaliera Carlo Poma, Asola Hospital, 80th Fanteria Place 1, 46041, Asola, Mantua, Italy,
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Bruni O. [Insomnia in children]. Minerva Pediatr 2009; 61:835-837. [PMID: 19935567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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- O Bruni
- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell'Età Evolutiva, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma
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Bruni O. PS04.2 Arousals and their implications for children with disturbed sleep. Sleep Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-9457(07)70020-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ferri R, Zucconi M, Manconi M, Bruni O, Ferini-Strambi L, Vandi S, Montagna P, Mignot E, Plazzi G. S01.B The analysis of LM activity during sleep in narcolepsy/cataplexy. Sleep Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-9457(07)70030-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Romano A, Cundari G, Bruni O, Cardona F. [Tic disorders and arousal dysfunction: clinical evaluation of 49 children and adolescents]. Minerva Pediatr 2004; 56:327-34. [PMID: 15252381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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AIM Tourette Syndrome (TS) shows a significant comorbidity with obsessive-compulsive disorders, behavioral problems (i.e. attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders) and sleep disturbances. Several studies showed that sleep problems are common in TS patients affecting 12% to 62% of patients. Aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between tics, sleep disorders and behavioral disturbances. METHODS Fourty-nine consecutive children and adolescents with tics have been studied by the following procedure: a) the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) was administered in order to establish the severity of tics; b) the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used to evaluate behavioural disturbances; c) the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) was filled out in order to assess the presence of sleep disorders. An age-matched control group was used for comparison. RESULTS All patients (either TS or non-TS) showed a higher prevalence of sleep disturbances versus the control group. Sleep-wake transition disorders (SWTD) were the most frequent sleep disturbances found in our sample, followed by disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep (DIMS). These latter sleep disturbances were highly correlated with the severity of tics. Internalization problems, anxiety/depression and attention and thinking problems were very frequent in our sample. Correlation analysis showed a positive relationship between internalization problems and DIMS and also between aggressive behaviour and respiratory disturbances during sleep (RDS). CONCLUSION The results obtained seem to confirm the literature reports on the strict relationship between tics and sleep disturbances, mainly SWTD, and further support the hypothesis of a dysfunction of arousal mechanism in TS.
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- A Romano
- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell'Età Evolutiva, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
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Villa MP, Brunetti L, Bruni O, Cirignotta F, Cozza P, Donzelli G, Ferini Strambi L, Levrini L, Mondini S, Nespoli L, Nosetti L, Pagani J, Zucconi M. [Guidelines for the diagnosis of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome]. Minerva Pediatr 2004; 56:239-53. [PMID: 15252374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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- M P Villa
- Gruppo di Studio interdisciplinare disturbi respiratori nel sonno, Società Italiana di Pediatria, Rome, Italy.
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The aim of the study was to evaluate sleep of children with migraine during the interictal period and the modifications of sleep which precede, are concomitant with, or follow migraine attacks. Eighteen patients with migraine without aura were compared with a group of 17 healthy age-matched children. Sleep parameters were monitored for two full weeks by means of actigraphs and self-report diaries. Headache diaries were also filled out in order to evaluate the occurrence and the characteristics of migraine attacks. Fifty-seven attacks were recorded during the monitoring period. During the interictal period, sleep parameters of children suffering from migraine did not differ from those of controls; only sleep onset latency was slightly prolonged in the migraine group. Timing of the attack affected nocturnal motor activity which presented the lowest values on the night preceding the attack, indicating a decrease in cortical activation during sleep preceding migraine attacks. Further studies should clarify if the observed reduction in nocturnal motor activity close to the attack is related to neurotransmitter imbalance.
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- O Bruni
- Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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Ghirardi M, Mittempergher E, Vassallo R, Terraroli C, Bruni O, Bruni T. [Evaluation of the results after 5 year from a vertical banded gastroplasty: our experience]. Ann Ital Chir 2003; 74:681-5. [PMID: 15206810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS vertical banded gastroplasty (GPV) is the most frequently performed restrictive procedure for morbid obesity, but long-term follow-up is almost nonexistent. A poor outcome after GPV and a low quality of life has been reported. The aim of the study was to determine long-term outcome after 5 years follow-up. METHODS 225 GPV were performed from 1995 to 2002. Patients were followed every month in the first three months, after 6 and 12 months, and subsequently every year. RESULTS No mortality was observed. One gastric fistula, treated with medical therapy, was the single related complication observed. Vomiting occurred in 21.2% of patients. After 2 years 74.5% of patients had a BMI < 35, with a decrease of IEW = 50% (IEW% L 54.1%, 56.4%, and 57.1% after 12, 24 and 60 months, respectively). After 5 years, the results were unsatisfactory in 17.1% of patients; 8 patients underwent bariatric re-operation with good results. CONCLUSIONS GPV represents a safe procedure with a low incidence of complications, with poor results in 17.1% of patients. Pre-operative identification of non responders is achievable with "BIB test". In the responders significant dietary changes are complained.
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- M Ghirardi
- Università degli Studi di Brescia, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Divisione di I Chirurgia Generale, Azienda Spedali Civili di Brescia
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Bruni O, Lo Reto F, Miano S, Ottaviano S. Daytime behavioral correlates of awakenings and bedtime resistance in preschool children. Suppl Clin Neurophysiol 2003; 53:358-61. [PMID: 12741020 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-424x(09)70181-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- O Bruni
- Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, University La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Iannetti P, Spalice A, De Felice Ciccoli C, Bruni O, Festa A, Maini CL. Seizures in paediatric Chiari type I malformation: the role of single-photon emission computed tomography. Acta Paediatr 2002; 91:313-7. [PMID: 12022305 DOI: 10.1080/08035250252833987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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UNLABELLED Chiari type I malformation is one of the posterior fossa maldevelopments with which different clinical manifestations have been associated. Seizures have only recently been associated with Chiari type I malformation. This study reports on 4 children with epilepsy (2M, 2F; age range 8-15 y) diagnosed with Chiari type I malformation by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in whom no cortical structural involvement was observed. In these patients an interictal ethylcysteinate-dimer-single-photon emission computed tomographic (ECD-SPECT) study was performed to define more precisely the relationship between Chiari type I malformation and seizures. In these patients the hypoperfusion area correlated with electroencephalographic (EEG) focal abnormalities. These hypoperfusions may represent the functional aspect of a cerebral microdysgenesis; seizures and EEG epileptic anomalies may also be linked to the complex network connection between cortices and cerebellar hemispheres. A cerebellar hypoperfusion was also detected in two of the four examined patients, indicating a functional or structural involvement. CONCLUSION Interictal SPECT scans are helpful for the clarification of seizures in patients with Chiari type I malformation.
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- P Iannetti
- Division of Pediatric Neurology La Sapienza University, Roma, Italy.
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Mittempergher F, Bruni T, Bruni O, Di Betta E, Occelli G, Salerni B. [Billiopancreatic diversion with preservation of the duodenal bulb and transitory gastroplasty in the treatment of morbid obesity. Our experience]. Ann Ital Chir 2002; 73:137-42. [PMID: 12197286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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We present our experience in malabsorbitive procedure in bariatric surgery based on Biliopancreatic Diversion (BPD) with transitory gastroplasty. Since 1995 we operated on 74 patients with BPD coupled with gastroplasty which is transitory due to the presence of a band in polidioxanone (PDS). The technique, proposed by Vassallo et al. in 1992, involve the respect of the duodenal bulb (5 centimeter from the pylorous) making an end-to-side duodeno-ileal isoperistaltic anastomosis. The initial excess weight loss was satisfactory (69.8% +/- 11.4% after 1 year) and it kept being stable during all the follow-up (75.2% +/- 6.4% after 5 years). The mortality was absence. We didn't observe ipoalbuminemia, diarrhea or halitosis in any patients. Only 1 patient (1.3%) developed an anastomotic ulcer. After 5 years follow-up we observed 2 cases (12.5%) of chronic hypochromic anemia and 1 case (6.2%) of hypocalcemia. We didn't perform any restorative operation. We consider this technique a good malabsortive procedure able to obtain a satisfactory and stable weight loss, with a low incidence of complications. Moreover it could be applied in patients previously treated by an ineffective gastroplasty.
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Pediatric neurologic diseases are often associated with different kinds of sleep disruption (mainly insomnia, less frequently hypersomnia or parasomnias). Due to the key-role of sleep for development, the effort to ameliorate sleep patterns in these children could have important prognostic benefits. Study of sleep architecture and organization in neurologic disorders could lead to a better comprehension of the pathogenesis and a better treatment of the disorders. This article focuses on the following specific neurologic diseases: nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy and abnormal motor behaviors of epileptic origin, evaluating differential diagnosis with parasomnias; achondroplasia, confirming the crucial role of craniofacial deformity in determining sleep-disordered breathing; neuromuscular diseases, mainly Duchenne's muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy; cerebral palsy, evaluating either the features of sleep architecture and the importance of the respiratory problems associated; headaches, confirming the strict relationships with sleep in terms of neurochemical and neurobehavioral substrates; and finally a review on the effectiveness of melatonin for sleep problems in children with neurologic syndromes and mental retardation, blindness, and epilepsy.
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- M Zucconi
- Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, IRCCS H San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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Although sleep problems are a common complaint in migraine patients, the role of sleep habits and hygiene as triggering factors of head pain attacks has been poorly analyzed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of modifying bad sleep habits across several headache parameters. Based on our previous study, we selected 70/164 migraineurs (42.7%) with poor sleep hygiene and randomly assigned them to two groups: group A migraineurs, who were instructed to follow directions to improve sleep hygiene; and group B migraineurs who were not given instructions on improving sleep hygiene. Mean duration and frequency of migraine attacks were significantly reduced at follow-up in group A, while group B showed only an insignificant initial reduction. No differences were found in the severity of migraine attacks that seemed related to a higher prevalence of nocturnal symptoms such as bedtime struggles, hypnic jerks, nightmares, and restless sleep. Our study is an alternative approach to the treatment of migraine, i.e. treatment through a simple modification of sleep behavior without recurring to pharmacological treatment.
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- O Bruni
- Interuniversity Centre for the Study of the Headache, University of Bari, Italy
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Guidetti V, Galli F, Fabrizi P, Giannantoni AS, Napoli L, Bruni O, Trillo S. Headache and psychiatric comorbidity: clinical aspects and outcome in an 8-year follow-up study. Cephalalgia 1998; 18:455-62. [PMID: 9793697 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1998.1807455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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UNLABELLED Migraine with juvenile onset changes over time. The existence of prognostic factors is a point of focus. A strict relationship between migraine or tension-type headache (TTH) and psychiatric factors has been suggested, but the exact role and the influence on evolution of headache is unknown. OBJECTIVE To analyze the evolution of migraine and TTH and psychiatric comorbidity (P-Co) from 1988 to 1996. MATERIAL AND METHOD 100 subjects (40M, 60F; mean age 17.9 years; SD 2.7 years; range 12-26 years) were examined at our Center. The International Headache Society (IHS) criteria were employed. Psychometric tests and clinical interviews aided psychiatric diagnosis (DSM-III-R). SCID (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R) was employed in 1996. Chi square and logistic regression are used for statistical analysis. FINDINGS Migraine and TTH change their clinical characteristics, with a high tendency to remission (mostly in males). The presence of P-Co in 1988 is related to a worsening or unchanging situation in 1996. Headache-free subjects did not present any psychiatric disorders in 1996. Anxiety disorders in 1988 are related to enduring of headache. Migraine shows comorbidity with anxiety disorders and depression. CONCLUSION P-Co is a notable problem in clinical practice. Diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment implications require a systematic assessment of P-Co.
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- V Guidetti
- Interuniversity Center for the Study of Headaches and Neurotransmitter Disorders, Section of Rome, Italy.
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Bruni O, Fabrizi P, Ottaviano S, Cortesi F, Giannotti F, Guidetti V. Prevalence of sleep disorders in childhood and adolescence with headache: a case-control study. Cephalalgia 1997; 17:492-8. [PMID: 9209768 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1997.1704492.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Although a relationship between headache and sleep disturbances has been reported in adults, only few data have been available in children. Accordingly, we performed a survey to determine the prevalence of sleep disturbances in children with migraine and tension-type headache. A questionnaire of history and clinical data and of sleep disturbances was given to parents of 283 headache subjects (164 with migraine and 119 with tension-type headache). Results were compared to a normative group comparable for age and sex of 893 normal healthy subjects. Migraine subjects showed a higher prevalence of sleep disturbances during infancy as well as 3-month colic. In both headache groups, more parents had sleep disturbances and there was a higher occurrence of co-sleeping and napping. A high frequency of sleep disturbances involving sleep quality, night awakenings, nocturnal symptoms and daytime sleepiness was reported in headache children. No statistical differences were found in the prevalence of sleep disturbances between migraine and tension-type headache. However, the migraine group tended to have "disturbed sleep" more often with increased prevalence of nocturnal symptoms such as sleep breathing disorders and parasomnias. Our results give further support to an association between sleep and migraine that may have a common intrinsic origin.
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- O Bruni
- Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
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Bruni O, Ottaviano S, Guidetti V, Romoli M, Innocenzi M, Cortesi F, Giannotti F. The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC). Construction and validation of an instrument to evaluate sleep disturbances in childhood and adolescence. J Sleep Res 1996; 5:251-61. [PMID: 9065877 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1996.00251.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 722] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To attempt a categorization of sleep disorders in children, we developed a 27 item Likert-type rating scale (Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children: SDSC) and assessed the psychometric properties was developed. The scale was distributed to the mothers of 1304 children (1157 controls, mean age 9.8 y; 147 sleep disorder subjects, mean age 9.2y, composed of four clinical groups: Insomnia 39 subjects, Hypersomnia 12 subjects, Respiratory disturbances during sleep 25 subjects and Parasomnias 71 subjects). The internal consistency was high in controls (0.79) and remained at a satisfactory level in sleep disorder subjects (0.71); the test/retest reliability was adequate for the total (r = 0.71) and single item scores. The factor analysis (variance explained 44.21%) yielded six factors which represented the most common areas of sleep disorders in childhood and adolescence. Enuresis was the only item with a factor loading lower than 0.40 and with a low inter-item correlation and was therefore eliminated, resulting in a final scale of 26 items. The re-evaluation of the sample, using the factor scores, supported the validity and the discriminating capacity of the scales between controls and the four clinical groups. The correlation between factor scores corroborated the hypothesis that childhood sleep disturbances are not independent entities nor do they cluster into different groupings related to each other. The SDSC appears to be a useful tool in evaluating the sleep disturbances of school-age children in clinical and non-clinical populations.
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- O Bruni
- Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
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Ottaviano S, Giannotti F, Cortesi F, Bruni O, Ottaviano C. Sleep characteristics in healthy children from birth to 6 years of age in the urban area of Rome. Sleep 1996; 19:1-3. [PMID: 8650456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The current survey is an attempt to evaluate age-specific sleep characteristics and to identify the presence of sleep problems in Italian normally developing preschool-aged children. A cross-sectional survey by parental interview on sleep behavior was carried out on 2,889 children (from birth to 6 years). Groups were formed based on age level. Results showed a developmental trend of some sleep characteristics, regarding mainly the length of sleep and rating of night wakings. Comparison with other studies showed that the children in this study had a later sleep onset time and slept less than children of the same age living in some other countries. These dissimilarities may be due to sociocultural and climate differences. Sleep problems (sleep latency longer than 30 minutes or disruptive night wakings) were found in 35% of children less than 2 years old, in 23% of 2-3-year-olds and in 14% of 4-6-year-olds. Children with sleep problems slept significantly less (on average 30-40 minutes across all age levels, required parental presence at time of sleep onset and shared their parents' bed more frequently than those without sleeping problems.
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- S Ottaviano
- Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy
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Overnight polysomnography was performed in 10 subjects with tuberous sclerosis (TS) and partial epilepsy in order to investigate the relationships between sleep organization, sleep disorders and epilepsy. Sleep architecture abnormalities were observed in 9 cases. Compared with ten healthy age-matched controls, the TS group showed a shorter total sleep time, a reduced sleep efficiency, a higher number of awakenings and stage transitions, an increased wake after sleep onset and stage 1 and a decreased REM sleep. Children with seizures showed a more disrupted sleep architecture compared with seizure-free children. Sleep disorders in TS were mainly due to sleep-related epileptic events and were more evident in children who showed large bifrontal or temporal tubers on MRI.
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- O Bruni
- Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
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Ottaviano S, Innocenzi M, Ottaviano P, Antignani M, Bruni O, Giannotti F. Short temperament questionnaire for children aged 8-12 years in the city of Rome. Funct Neurol 1993; 8:365-71. [PMID: 8144064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The assessment of temperament is usually measured by means of parental questionnaires. Since temperament questionnaires in children aged 8-12 years do not exist in Italy we planned a study to develop an Italian questionnaire. Initially we tried to adapt Hegvik et al.'s questionnaire and delivered 389 questionnaires to the mothers of children aged 8-12 years, but most of them were given back uncompleted, essentially because they often described behavior not usually observed in Italian children. Then we prepared a new, short (30 items) questionnaire which we distributed to 431 mothers of children aged 8-12 years. This new questionnaire was completed by 98.76% of mothers and a high three week rating-re-rating reliability for the different temperamental characteristics under assessment was proved. We believe that this new questionnaire is reliable for temperament assessment in Italian children aged 8 to 12 years, living in a big city environment in Central Italy.
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- S Ottaviano
- Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Asteria CR, Caforio M, Bertani M, Riitano G, Bruni O, Bertuccio F, Roli F. [Localization by needle insertion of occult breast carcinomas. An evaluation of the method via acquired experience]. Minerva Med 1989; 80:893. [PMID: 2797490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- C R Asteria
- U.S.S.L. n. 47, Istituti Ospedalieri, Mantova
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Bruni O, Viotto A. [Traumatic hemoperitoneum: diagnosis and surgical management]. MINERVA CHIR 1988; 43:217-9. [PMID: 3287221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Curatolo P, Cusmai R, Bruni O, Pruna D, Brindesi I. Flunarizine in therapy-resistant infantile epilepsies. Funct Neurol 1986; 1:555-7. [PMID: 3609883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An open add-on trial with flunarizine has been carried out in 27 cases of therapy resistant infantile epilepsies: 15 partial and 12 generalized epilepsies. Etiology was an hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in 13 cases, cerebral malformations in 10 cases and 4 various prenatal and perinatal cases. After a 2 months baseline period, flunarizine was given in addition to the previous therapy in a 5 mg once daily dose. A single blind versus placebo study was carried out in another series of 16 cases. Better results were found in HIE cases than in malformative cases, and in cases with perinatal HIE than in cases with prenatal hypoxic encephalopathy. The improvement in symptomatic generalized epilepsies was more evident than in symptomatic partial epilepsies. Drowsiness was the only side effect reported.
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Curatolo P, Bruni O, Brindesi I, Pruna D, Cusmai R. [Flunarizine in drug-resistant epilepsies of childhood and adolescence]. Riv Neurol 1986; 56:25-38. [PMID: 3086959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Therapeutic effects of flunarizine have been studied on 26 patients, aged from 9 months to 17 years, suffering for epilepsies resistant to common anticonvulsant treatment, despite proper plasmatic levels of drugs. All the cases were monitored with monthly clinical and EEG controls, neuropsychological evaluations and monitoring antiepileptic drugs plasmatic levels. At first, a study was performed on an intra-patient basis: after a basal observation during two months, an open clinical trial was started, using for three months flunarizine 5 mg a day in patients weighing over 10 kg, and 5 mg every two days in children weighing less than 10 kg. Later on, a simple blind clinical trial has been performed on 16 patients, using flunarizine or placebo for three months. The results, obtained in resistant epilepsy of children and adolescent, showed that flunarizine induced in 47.6% of cases a significant reduction of critical (stroke) frequency and intensity, together with normalization of sleeping-waking rhythm, and amelioration of attention performances (vigilance, reactivity, environmental participation). The only side-effect, noticed in 23.8% of cases, was a light diurnal sleepiness, spontaneously regressing after a few days of treatment.
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Quiroli A, Scurelli A, Bini A, Bruni O, Boggiani R, Tedoli M, Rossi A. [Emergency in phlebology. Intra-operative anatomo-surgical aspects of varicothrombophlebitis of the lower extremities and risk factors]. Minerva Cardioangiol 1983; 31:191-204. [PMID: 6877619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Quiroli A, Fazzini F, Bruni O, Bini A, Vertuan G, Boggiani R. [Reflections on the various methods of the surgical treatment of gastroduodenal ulcer. Medium- and long-term results with a particular modification of the Billroth II operation. IV]. MINERVA CHIR 1983; 38:39-48. [PMID: 6339989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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