Definition: The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.
do not confuse with SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS, inability to fall asleep or sleep
Other names Sleep Fragmentation; REM Sleep Deprivation; Insufficient Sleep Syndrome; Syndromes, Insufficient Sleep; Syndrome, Insufficient Sleep; Sleep Fragmentations; Sleep Deprivations, REM; Sleep Deprivations; Sleep Deprivation, REM; REM Sleep Deprivations; Insufficient Sleep Syndromes; Fragmentations, Sleep; Deprivations, Sleep; Deprivations, REM Sleep; Fragmentation, Sleep; Deprivation, Sleep; Deprivation, REM Sleep