Sleep Apnea
Subtitle: Current Diagnosis And Treatment (Progress in Respiratory Research)
Contributors: Winfried J. Randerath (Editor); Bernd M. Sanner (Editor); Virend K. Somers (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland); Karger
Published: May 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9783805580496
Subjects: Respiratory medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Allied Health Services - Respiratory Therapy; Research; Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Description: Seeks to present the knowledge in the pathophysiology clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep apnea. Physiological approaches and modeling sleep and recent pathophysiologic findings in upper airway mechanics as well as the importance of inflammatory and oxidative processes and the underlying genetic aspects are discussed to open up avenues of investigation for better understanding and improved therapeutic options.