Neurology 2022 04 7;98(15):e1585-e1595. Epub 2022 Feb 7.
From the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute (O.H., T.J., P. Rajendram, R.Z., P. Ravindran, S.O., M.B., Y.Q., B.J.M., M.I.B.), and Sleep Laboratory (B.M., M.I.B.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto; the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (T.K.), University of Ottawa; and Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (P. Rajendram, B.J.M., M.I.B.), University of Toronto, Canada.
Background And Objectives: To investigate the association between various medication classes and the periodic limb movement index (PLMI) in a clinical cohort of adults who completed in-laboratory polysomnography.
Methods: A single, diagnostic, overnight, in-laboratory polysomnogram was completed for 3,488 patients consecutively referred from 2010 to 2015 to determine PLMI. Medication use and medical comorbidities were collected through patient questionnaires. Read More