<a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/cyclic-alternating-pattern-cap/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP)</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) is a unique wave pattern observed in the sleep time recorded electroencephalography (EEG), a technique used to record brain waves. CAP occurs during the NREM phase of sleep, which means that sleep is not stable. This two-phased pattern may disappear in some sleep disorders. EEG records are accepted as diagnostic criteria and need to be read by a specialist.</div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">Cyclic alternating pattern (CAP)</a> is a unique wave pattern observed in the sleep time recorded electroencephalography (EEG), a technique used to record brain waves. CAP occurs during the NREM phase of sleep, which means that sleep is not stable. This two-phased pattern may disappear in some <a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/sleep-disorders/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Sleep Disorders</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>A sleep disorder is a set of disorders that affect daily functioning with sleep duration, quality, and timing problems. It can exacerbate, cause, or be a symptom of mental disorders. Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. Apart from insomnia, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea are other common sleep disorders. Mental or physical illnesses can also cause sleep disorders.</div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">sleep disorders</a>. EEG records are accepted as <a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/diagnostic-criteria/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Diagnostic Criteria</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Physicians must rely on objective criteria when diagnosing a disease. These criteria are called diagnostic criteria and consist of patient complaints, examination findings, laboratory results, and radiological imaging findings. The diagnosis can be made by providing a certain number of criteria, for example, 3 out of 5 criteria being positive, or by using scoring systems where each criterion has a different value.</div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">diagnostic criteria</a> and need to be read by a specialist.
