Sleep medicine in clinical practice
By: Michael H. Silber, Lois E. Krahn, Timothy I. Morgenthaler
Contributors: Krahn, Lois E.; Morgenthaler, Timothy I.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781616310042
Subjects: Sleep disorders; Physiological aspects; Sleep; Physiology; Sleep Disorders
Description: "Co-authored by a neurologist, a psychiatrist, and a pulmonologist, Sleep Medicine in Clinical Practice reflects the cross-disciplinary nature in the clinical management of sleep disorders. The authors present an overview of sleep medicine including the physiological basis of sleep, diagnostic tools and possible therapeutic strategies, emphasizing throughout the role of the clinician in diagnosing and managing disease. A practical reference for the busy physician, Sleep Medicine in Clinical Practice includes chapters on the assessment and diagnosis of sleep disorders, conditions such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea, the management of insomnia and a selection on co-existent neurologic conditions such as epilepsy and dementia. It will be of interest to sleep medicine specialists and trainees as well as neurologists, pulmonologists, psychiatrists and internists"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: (Publisher-supplied data) 1. Physiologic basis of sleep 1; title: 2. Classification of sleep disorders 18; title: 3. Assessing the patient with a sleep disorder 24; title: 4. Diagnostic testing for sleep disorders 34 5. Sleepiness and its causes 49; title: 6. Approach to the sleepy patient 59; title: 7. Narcolepsy and related conditions 68; title: 8. Sleep apnea syndromes 89; title: 9. Sleep in patients with respiratory diseases and respiratory failure 150; title: 10. Insomnia and its causes 184; title: 11. Approach to the patient who cannot sleep 196; title: 12. Management of insomnia 200; title: 13. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders 213; title: 14. Sleep in the patient with psychiatric disorders 231; title: 15. The parasomnias and sleep-related movement disorders 250; title: 16. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements of sleep 272; title: 17. Sleep in patients with parkinsonism and dementia 291; title: 18. Sleep, epilepsy, and headache 306.