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Rapid eye movement behavior disorder occurs when there is a loss of normal voluntary muscle atonia during REM sleep resulting in motor behavior in response to dream content. It can be caused by adverse reactions to certain drugs or during drug withdrawal; however, it is most often associated with the elderly and in those with neurodegenerative ...
The International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) uses a multiaxial system for stating and coding diagnoses both in clinical reports or for database purposes. The axial system uses International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) coding wherever possible. Additional codes are included for procedures and physical signs of particular ...
ICD-7R [8] Disturbance of sleep was seen as a symptom of other diseases 1965 ICD-8 [9] Recognized as both a disease and a symptom of other diseases 1968 DSM-II Disorder of Sleep as an independent category 1975 ICD-9 [10] Organic sleep disorder, nonorganic sleep disorder and as symptom of other diseases 1979 Nosology
Vascular dementia. Vascular dementia is dementia caused by a series of strokes. [ 2][ 4] Restricted blood flow due to strokes reduces oxygen and glucose delivery to the brain, causing cell injury and neurological deficits in the affected region. [ 6] Subtypes of vascular dementia include subcortical vascular dementia, multi-infarct dementia ...
Benzodiazepine dependence ( BZD dependence) defines a situation in which one has developed one or more of either tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, drug seeking behaviors, such as continued use despite harmful effects, and maladaptive pattern of substance use, according to the DSM-IV. In the case of benzodiazepine dependence, the continued use ...
291.x Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder. .5 With delusions. .3 With hallucinations. 291.89 Alcohol-induced mood disorder (coded 291.8 in the DSM-IV) 291.89 Alcohol-induced anxiety disorder (coded 291.8 in the DSM-IV) 291.89 Alcohol-induced sexual dysfunction (coded 291.8 in the DSM-IV)
In studies evaluating different physical ailments, 41.5% of people with semantic dementia, 11.2% of subjects with Alzheimer's disease, [13] 25% of female patients suffering from non-HIV lipodystrophy, [14] and 18.5% of patients with congestive heart failure [15] fulfilled somatic symptom disorder criteria.
Neurology. Psychiatry. Movement disorders are clinical syndromes with either an excess of movement or a paucity of voluntary and involuntary movements, unrelated to weakness or spasticity. [ 1] Movement disorders present with extrapyramidal symptoms and are caused by basal ganglia disease. [ 2] Movement disorders are conventionally divided into ...