Description Approximately 40 million people in the United States suffer from chronic long-term sleep disorders each year and an additional 20 million
people suffer occasional sleep problems. This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics presents to the otolaryngologist the most up-to-date clinical
information on diagnosis and testing of patients with this disorder. Contents include: Physiology of sleep apnea and sleep-disordered
breathing; Interpretation of adult polysomnograms; Interpretation of pediatric polysomnograms; Home sleep studies; Diagnostic studies
to evaluate the site of obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea patients; C-PAP for the treatment of sleep apnea; Surgery of the palate
and oropharynx; Surgery for hypopharyngeal obstruction; Surgery for pediatric sleep apnea; Pre and Postoperative management of obstructive
sleep apnea patients; Success and Failures in Treating Sleep Apnea Patients