Dr. Daniel L Picchietti MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
602 W. University Avenue Neurology Urbana IL, 61801Rating
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Dr. Daniel Picchietti practices Sleep Medicine in Urbana, IL. Dr. Picchietti studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1979
U Of Chgo Div Of Bio Sci Pritzker Sch Of Med 1979
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Sleep Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Moderate to severe periodic limb movement disorder in childhood and adolescence.
- Further studies on periodic limb movement disorder and restless legs syndrome in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Restless legs syndrome: confirmation of linkage to chromosome 12q, genetic heterogeneity, and evidence of complexity.
- The visual scoring of sleep and arousal in infants and children.
- Early manifestations of restless legs syndrome in childhood and adolescence.
- Noninvasive determination of brain tissue oxygenation during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea: a near-infrared spectroscopic approach.
- Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in children and adolescents.
- Advances in pediatric restless legs syndrome: Iron, genetics, diagnosis and treatment.
- Development of the Pediatric Restless Legs Syndrome Severity Scale (P-RLS-SS): a patient-reported outcome measure of pediatric RLS symptoms and impact.
- Pediatric periodic limb movement disorder: sleep symptom and polysomnographic correlates compared to obstructive sleep apnea.
- Restless legs syndrome: what have we learned from prevalence studies and how will incidence studies further clinical knowledge?
- Intravenous iron given prior to pregnancy for restless legs syndrome is associated with remission of symptoms.
- Exercise improves behavioral, neurocognitive, and scholastic performance in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Time structure of leg movement activity during sleep in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and effects of levodopa.
- Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives of epidemiologic research in restless legs syndrome (RLS).
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