Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine E-Book: Expert Consult - Online and Print

Richard B. Berry

Elsevier Health Sciences, Jul 18, 2011 - Medical - 672 pages

Written by Richard Berry, MD, author of the popular Sleep Medicine Pearls, Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine is a concise, clinically focused alternative to larger sleep medicine references. A recipient of the 2010 AASM Excellence in Education award, Dr. Berry is exceptionally well qualified to distill today's most essential sleep medicine know-how in a way that is fast and easy to access and apply in your practice.

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Contents

• 1 Sleep Stages and Basic Sleep Monitoring: 1
• 3 Sleep Staging in Adults: 27
• 4 Biocalibration Artifacts and Common Variants of Sleep: 49
• 5 Sleep Staging in Infants and Children: 65
• 6 Sleep Architecture Parameters Normal Sleep and Sleep Loss: 79
• 7 Neurobiology of Sleep: 91
• 8 Monitoring RespirationTechnology and Techniques: 101
• 9 Monitoring RespirationEvent Definitions and Examples: 119
• 10 Sleep and Respiratory Physiology: 141
• 11 Cardiac Monitoring during Polysomnography: 159
• 12 Monitoring of Limb Movements and Other Movements during Sleep: 175
• 13 Polysomnography Portable Monitoring and Actigraphy: 189
• 14 Subjective and Objective Measures of Daytime Sleepiness: 219
• 16 Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: 263
• 17 Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Benefits of Treatment: 281
• 18 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment Overview and Medical Treatments: 299
• 19 Positive Airway Pressure Treatment: 313
• 20 Oral Appliance and Surgical Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: 349
• 21 Central Sleep Apnea and Hypoventilation Syndromes: 375
• 22 Sleep and Obstructive Lung Disease: 409
• 23 The Restless Leg Syndrome Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep and the Periodic Limb Movement Disorder: 429
• 24 Hypersomnias of Central Origin: 451
• 25 Insomnia: 481
• 26 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders: 515
• 27 Clinical Electroencephalography and Nocturnal Epilepsy: 545
• 28 Parasomnias: 567
• 29 Psychiatry and Sleep: 593
• 30 Sleep and Nonrespiratory PhysiologyImpact on Selected Medical Disorders: 615
• 31 Sleep and Neurologic Disorders: 631
• Glossary: 647
• Index: 651

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine E-Book: Expert Consult - Online and Print
• Author: Richard B. Berry
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences, 2011
• ISBN: 1455711233, 9781455711239
• Length: 672 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Sleep; Medical / Otolaryngology; Medical / Psychiatry / General; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine