Sleepy or Sleepless [electronic resource] : Clinical Approach to the Sleep Patient /
Malhotra, Raman K.editor.
This concise text takes a symptom-based approach to evaluate and treat sleep disorders.  Divided into two sections, this book emphasizes practical information in the patient history and physical, the latest screening techniques and common sleep disorders that either cause sleepiness, insomnia, or restless sleep.  Chapters cover the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of major sleep disorders and incorporate new classification systems from the International Classifications of Sleep Disorders, 3rd Edition and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).  Sleepy or Sleepless provides a solid foundation to clinicians who want to better evaluate patients with sleep-related complaints.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- I. The Sleepy Patient -- 1. Key History and Physical Examination Findings in the Sleepy Patient -- 2. Diagnostic Tools and Testing in the Sleepy Patient -- 3. Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders -- 4. Central Nervous System Hypersomnias -- 5. Sleepiness in High Consequence Industries -- 6. Sleep Deprivation -- 7. The Sleepy Child -- II. The Sleepless or Restless Patient -- 8. Key History and Physical Examination Findings for the Sleepless or Restless Patient -- 9. Diagnostic Tools and Testing in the Sleepless and Restless Patient -- 10. Assessment and Management of Insomnia -- 11. Sleepless Patient: Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders -- 12. Restless Legs Syndrome: The Devil is in the Details" -- 13. The Parasomnias -- 14. The Sleepless Child -- 15. Sleepless During and After Pregnancy -- Index.
This concise text takes a symptom-based approach to evaluate and treat sleep disorders.  Divided into two sections, this book emphasizes practical information in the patient history and physical, the latest screening techniques and common sleep disorders that either cause sleepiness, insomnia, or restless sleep.  Chapters cover the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of major sleep disorders and incorporate new classification systems from the International Classifications of Sleep Disorders, 3rd Edition and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).  Sleepy or Sleepless provides a solid foundation to clinicians who want to better evaluate patients with sleep-related complaints.
Neurology .
Primary care (Medicine).
General practice (Medicine).
Neurology.
Primary Care Medicine.
General Practice / Family Medicine.