Atlas of Sleep Medicine

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By
  • Sudhansu Chokroverty, MD, FRCP, FACP, Professor of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla; Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ; Associate Chairman of Neurology, Chairman of Neurophysiology, and Director, Center of Sleep Medicine, Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center, NY
  • Robert Thomas, MD, MMSc, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • Meeta Bhatt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, New York University Medical Center; Director, New York Sleep Institute, New York, NY

This comprehensive atlas of tracings of polysomnographic studies covers the technical aspects of conducting studies, and includes the features of the various adult and pediatric sleep disorders.

Audience
Neurologists, Sleep Specialists in other disciplines: Pulmonary

Hardbound, 376 Pages

Published: May 2005

Imprint: Butterworth Heinemann

ISBN: 978-0-7506-7398-3

Contents

  • TECHNICAL ASPECTS

    1. Polysomnograhic Study (PSG)
    2. Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
    3. Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)
    4. Actigraphy
    5. Video-PSG
    6. Specialized Techniques
    7. Computerized Recordings
    8. Artifacts
    9. Pitfalls of The Various Techniques
    10. Electroencephalography (EEG): Standard and Extended Montage
    11. Electro-oculography (EOG): Recording Technique and Pattern
    12. Electromyography (EMG): Technique and Patterns From Mental, Submental, Tibialis Anterior and Other Muscles
    13. Respiration Monitoring

    RECOGNITION OF SLEEP STAGES INCLUDING SLEEP SCORING TECHNIQUE: NREM STAGES 1-4

    14. REM: Tonic and Phasic
    15. SPECIAL HYNOGRAM Analysis Sleep Onset REM
    16. Sleep Fragmentation
    17. First Night Effect
    18. Slow Wave Sleep and REM Rebound Due To CPAP-BIPAP Titration
    19. Circadian Phase Delay
    20. Sleep Deprivation
    21. Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP)
    22. Arousal Pattern
    23. Periodic Limb Moments in Sleep (PLMS)
    24. Snoring

    CLINICAL DISORDERS

    25. Dyssomnias
    26. Parasomnias
    27. Neurodegenerative Diseases
    28. Neuromuscular Disorders
    29. Stroke
    30. Epilepsy
    31. Kleine-Leven Syndrome
    32. Cardiac Arrhythmias In OSA
    33. Periodic Breathing in Congestive Heart Failure
    34. Overlap Syndrome
    35. Fibromyalgia
    36. Other Disorders

    THERAPEUTICS

    37. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
    38. Bilevel Postitive Airway pressure (BiPAP)
    39. Autotitration
    40. Post Surgery/Dental Appliances

    DRUG EFFECTS

    41. Non-rapid Eye Movement (NREM) Sleep
    42. REM Sleep

    PEDIATRICS SLEEP MEDICINE

    43. Montage For Pediatric PSG
    44. Normal Awake and Sleep PSG In Newborn and Children
    45. Sleep Scoring Techniques in Newborn Recordings with Examples of Normal Quiet
    46. Active Sleep
    47. Pediatric Case Examples

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