Somnabulism: Emergency Department Admissions Due to Sleepwalking-Related Trauma

INTRODUCTION: Somnambulism is a state of dissociated consciousness, in which the affected person is partially asleep and partially awake. There is pervasive public opinion that sleepwalkers are protected from hurting themselves. There have been few scientific reports of trauma associated with som...

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Main Authors: Thomas C Sauter, S Veerakatty, Dominik G Haider, Thomas Geiser, Meret E Ricklin, Aristomenis K Exadakytlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-11-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7h20q1mx