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Microsleep

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mi·cro·sleep (mkr-slp)
n.
A period of sleep that lasts up to a few seconds, usually experienced by narcoleptics or by severely sleep-deprived people.

Microsleep
A brief episode of sleep of precipitous onset, lasting from a fraction of a second to 30 seconds. It occurs in night-shift fatigue, and is associated with excess daytime sleepiness and automatic behaviour
Aetiology Sleep deprivation, mental fatigue, sleep apnea, hypoxia, narcolepsy, or hypersomnia

microsleep
Nodding Sleep disorders A brief episode of sleep lasting a few secs, which occurs in night-shift fatigue; it is associated with excess daytime sleepiness and automatic behavior. See Circadian rhythm, Libby Zion, Night-shift fatigue, Sleep disorders.


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I'll never forget waking from a microsleep in the doctor's surgery to just catch, in those dull, medical tones: ".
quot; Microsleeps may last for only a few seconds, although many episodes of narcolepsy result in longer periods of sleep.
It is difficult to predict when a person, once fatigued, might slip into a microsleep.
 
 
 
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