Catathrenia (Nocturnal Groaning): A Social Media Survey and State-of-the-Art Review.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Catathrenia is an underrecognized nocturnal vocalization phenomenon that can be a source of perplexity to patients, bed partners, and medical providers. Catathrenia is distinct from both sleep talking (a parasomnia with loud talking during sleep) and snoring (noise due to vibration of upper airway soft tissues related to variations in airway resistance). The objective of this review is to provide an evidence-based resource to help the practitioner reliably evaluate and manage patients with this condition.

Methods

Data were gathered from: (1) PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar; and (2) catathrenia social media groups (Yahoo and Facebook).

Results

Data collected were (1) 15 case reports and 17 case series describing 191 patients with cat

SUBMITTER: Alonso J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5359339 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature