Category Archives: Sleep

The influence of environmental factors on sleep quality in hospitalized medical patients.

Turco M, Corrias M, Chiaromanni F, Bano M, Salamanca M, Caccin L, Merkel C, Amodio P, Romualdi C, De Pittà C, Costa R, Montagnese S. Chronobiology International The assessment of diurnal preference, or the preferred timing of sleep and activity, is generally based on comprehensive questionnaires such as the Horne-Östberg (HÖ). The aim of the […]

The influence of environmental factors on sleep quality in hospitalized medical patients

Bano M, Chiaromanni F, Corrias M, Turco M, De Rui , Amodio P, Merkel C, Gatta A, Mazzotta G, Costa R, Montagnese S. Frontiers in Neurology INTRODUCTION: Sleep-wake disturbances are common in hospitalized patients but few studies have assessed them systematically. The aim of the present study was to assess sleep quality in a group […]

Induced hyperammonemia may compromise the ability to generate restful sleep in patients with cirrhosis.

Bersagliere A, Raduazzo ID, Nardi M, Schiff S, Gatta A, Amodio P, Achermann P, Montagnese S. Hepatology Abstract In patients with cirrhosis, hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy are common after gastrointestinal bleeding and can be simulated by an amino acid challenge (AAC), or the administration of a mixture of amino acids mimicking the composition of hemoglobin. […]