Sleep Medicine Essentials

by Lee-Chiong, Teofilo L.

• ISBN13: 9780470195666
• ISBN10: 0470195665
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-09
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Based on the highly acclaimed Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook, this is a concise, convenient, practical, and affordable handbook on sleep medicine. It consists of forty topic-focused chapters written by a panel of international experts covering a range of topics including insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, parasomnias, circadian sleep disorders, sleep in the elderly, sleep in children, sleep among women, and sleep in the medical, psychiatric, and neurological disorders. It serves as an effective Sleep Medicine board examination review, and every chapter includes sample boards-style questions for test preparation and practice.

Author Biography

Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong, M.D. is Head, Section of Sleep Medicine and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver. He has served as Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at University of Arkansas College of Medicine, where he was also awarded the Red Sash Award for Excellence in Medical Education (2000). He performed his residency and fellowship in internal medicine and pulmonary & critical care at Yale University School of Medicine, followed by a post-fellowship in sleep medicine at Dartmouth College School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

Normal Human Sleep

Neurobiology of Sleep

Physiologic Processes During Sleep

Neuropharmacology of Sleep and Wakefulness

Insomnia: Prevalence and Daytime Consequences

Causes of Insomnia

Evaluation of Insomnia

Pharmacologic Therapy of Insomnia

Nonpharmacologic Therapy of Insomnia

Narcolepsy

Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Posttraumatic and Recurrent Hypersomnia

Evaluation of Excessive Sleepiness

Therapy for Excessive Sleepiness

Adult Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Central Sleep Apnea

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

Cardiovascular Complications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Neurocognitive and Functional Impairment in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Positive Airway Pressure Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Oral Devices for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders

Jet Lag

Shift Work Sleep Disorder

Therapy of Circadian Sleep Disorders

Disorders of Arousal and Sleep-Related Movement Disorders

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and REM Sleep-Related Parasomnias

Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

Sleep in Infants and Children

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children

The Sleepless Child

The Sleepy Child

Normal Sleep In Aging

Aspects of WomenG+&s Sleep

Asthma

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Sleep

Restrictive Thoracic and Neuromuscular Disorders (<$$$>

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