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SLEEP MEDICINE
Sleep Medicine

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By
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Little Rock, AR
Michael Sateia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Section of Sleep Medicine, Dartmouth Medical Center, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, NH
Mary Carskadon, PhD, Professor Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Director of Chronobiology and Sleep Research, E.P. Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI

Description
This important new book is a comprehensive and highly practical reference on all aspects of sleep disorders edited by and with contributions by the major authorities on contemporary sleep medicine. The most user-friendly book on the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders, this text is authoritative enough to stand as the major reference in the field and practical enough for everyday use in the office or sleep center.

Audience
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physicians, Otolaryngologists, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Sleep Center physicians, Internists, Psychologists

Contents
I. Normal Sleep Physiology and Neurobiology
1. Normal Human Sleep
2. Phylogeny of Sleep
3. Function of Sleep
4. Mechanisms of Sleep and Wakefulness
5. Respiratory Control during Sleep
6. Cardiac Physiology during Sleep
7. Modification of Endocrine Function and Metabolism by Sleep and Sleep Loss
8. Temperature Regulation during Sleep
9. Infection and Sleep
10. Sleep Deprivation
11 Dreaming

II. Ontogeny of Sleep
12. Sleep in Infants and Children
13. Sleep in Women from Adulthood through Menopause
14. Sleep in the Elderly

III. Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness
15. Manifestations and Classification of Sleep Disorders
16. Forensic Sleep Medicine

IV. Insomnia
17. Epidemiology, Consequences and Evaluation of Insomnia
18. Etiology of Insomnia
19. Pharmacologic Treatment of Insomnia
20. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Insomnia

V. Syndromes Associated with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
21. Epidemiology, Consequences and Evaluation of Excessive Daytime
22. Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia
23. Miscellaneous Syndromes Causing Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

VI. Parasomnias
24. Arousal and Sleep-Wake Transition Parasomnias
25. REM-Sleep-Associated Parasomnias
26. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
27. Other Parasomnias

VII. Disorders of the Circadian Rhythm
28. Basic Principles of Chronobiology and Disorders of Circadian Sleep-Wake Rhythm
29. Shift Work and Jet Lag

VIII. Disorders of Sleep in Children
30. Sleep-disordered Breathing in Children
31. Sleep in Children with Neurologic Disorders
32. Sleep in Children with Neuromuscular Disorders
33. Genetic Syndromes Affecting Breathing during Sleep in Children
34. Sleep in Children with Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders

IX. Sleep in Patients with Pulmonary Disorders
35. Breathing and Sleep in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
36. Restrictive Lung Diseases and Neuromuscular Disorders
37. Sleep and the Critically Ill Patient

X. Sleep-Disordered Breathing Syndromes
38. Snoring and Sleep-disordered Breathing
39. Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome
40. Upper Airway Imaging in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
41. Behavioral and Pharmacologic Therapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
42. Positive Pressure Therapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
43. Oral Appliances in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
44. Surgical Management of Snoring
45. Surgical Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

XI. Sleep in Patients with Other Medical Disorders
46. Cardiovascular Disorders and Sleep
47. Renal Disorders and Sleep
48. Gastrointestinal Functioning during Sleep
49. Rheumatologic Disorders and Sleep
50. Endocrine Disorders and Sleep
51. Sleep in Patients with Cancer and HIV/AIDS

XII. Sleep in Patients with Neurologic Disorders
52. Sleep in the Dementing Disorders
53. Parkinson's Disease and the Parkinsonian Syndromes
54. Seizure Disorders
55. Miscellaneous Neurologic Disorders and Sleep

XIII. Sleep in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
56. Sleep in Patients with Mood Disorders
57. Anxiety Disorders and Sleep
58. Schizophrenia

XIV. Medications and their Effects on Sleep and Wakefulness
59. Neuropharmacology of Sleep and Wakefulness
60. Sleep-Wakefulness and Drugs of Abuse
61. Psychotropic and Neurologic Medications
62. Medical Drugs and Their Effects on Sleep and Wakefulness

XV. Monitoring Sleep and Wakefulness
63. Polysomnography
64. Monitoring Respiration during Sleep
65. Monitoring Limb Movements during Sleep
66. Esophageal and Nasal Pressure Monitoring during Sleep
67. Monitoring Penile Erections during Sleep
68. Video Electroencephalography/Polysomnography for Monitoring Nocturnal Events
69. Actigraphy
70. The Sleep-state-dependent P50 Midlatency Auditory Evoked Potential
71. Psychological Assesment in Sleep Disorders

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 737 pages, publication date: JAN-2002
ISBN-13: 978-1-56053-430-3
ISBN-10: 1-56053-430-3
Imprint: HANLEY AND BELFUS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS


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