Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By
  • Richard Berry, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Sleep Disorders Center, Malcom Randall VAMC/University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Written by Richard Berry, MD, Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine is a brand-new multimedia resource that provides a concise, clinically focused alternative to larger sleep medicine references. Get everything you need to know about the evaluation and management of sleep disorders, including the interpretation of sleep studies and the use of the newly overhauled AASM scoring criteria. Coverage of physiology is limited to what is necessary for clinical decision making. Reference is a snap due to the book's logical, user-friendly format and online features which include the full text and illustrations, numerous video clips, selected case studies, and enhanced sleep tracings.

Audience
Sleep Medicine

Hardbound, 672 Pages

Published: August 2011

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4377-0326-9

Contents

  • 1 Sleep Stages and Basic Sleep Monitoring
    2 Technology of Sleep Monitoring
    3 Scoring Sleep Stages and Arousals in Adults
    4 Biocalibration, Artifacts, and Common Variants of Sleep
    5 Scoring Sleep stages and Arousals in Children
    6 Sleep Architecture Parameters and Normative Data
    7 Monitoring Respiration - Technology and Techniques
    8 Monitoring Respiration - Event Definitions and Examples
    9 Cardiac Monitoring and Scoring Rules
    10 Monitoring of Sleep Related Movements
    11 Portable monitoring, Actigraphy, Sleep Diary, pH Monitoring
    12 MSLT and MWT
    13 Case Studies in use of the MSLT
    14 Evaluation of the Sleepy Patient
    15 Sleep and Respiratory physiology
    16 Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults
    17 PAP treatment of OSA
    18 Non-PAP treatment of OSA
    19 Central Sleep Apnea
    20 Complex Sleep Apnea and Hypoventilation Syndromes
    21 Sleep and Chronic Lung Disease
    22 Neurobiology of Sleep
    23 Hypersomnias of Central Origin
    24 Sleep Related Movement Disorders
    25 Evaluation of the Patient with Insomnia
    26 Insomnias
    27 Behavioral Sleep Disorders of Children
    28 Circadian Rhythm Physiology
    29 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
    30 Clinical EEG and video EEG
    31 Parasomnias
    32 Care Studies in Parasomnias
    33 Sleep Related Epilepsy
    34 Sleep and Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders
    35 Sleep and GI physiology and associated Disorders
    36 Sleep and Endocrine physiology
    37 Sleep and Medical Conditions
    38 Sleep and Neurological Conditions
    39 Glossary

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