The goal of this book is to provide the reader with a core of fundamental knowledge about sleep medicine and polysomnography. I have tried to write the book so that a person without training in sleep medicine can start reading chapter one and progress until the end of the book. With the publication of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Second Edition, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine scoring manual, there is a need for an up-to-date text using current terminology and diagnostic criteria. A single text cannot hope to cover all aspects of sleep medicine and sleep physiology. Therefore, I have tried to focus on information that I feel is the most clinically useful. The field of sleep medicine is changing so rapidly that any text is “out-of-date” before it is even published. To this end, there will be an associated website to allow for updates, corrections, review questions, illustrative case studies, and some video clips of parasomnias.
My inspiration for writing this book has come in part from the satisfaction and appreciation that I received from writing the text Sleep Medicine Pearls. Sleep Medicine Pearls had short fundamentals chapters mixed with cases and was heavy on graphics and illustrative sleep tracings. I have tried to amplify the fundamentals sections to provide what I hope is a concise and useful introduction to the entire spectrum of sleep disorders. In particular, I have tried to cover aspects of the technology of sleep monitoring and interpreting sleep studies that many new to the sleep field find difficult. The challenging but enjoyable experience of teaching sleep fellows and residents about sleep medicine has also prompted me to write a book covering the fundamentals both to serve as an introductory text and to assist those physicians actively taking care of sleep patients.
-- Richard B. Berry, MD
Key Features
- Spend less time searching thanks to a more clinically focused, user-friendly format that concentrates on the "fundamentals" of sleep medicine.
- Zero in on the practical, "hands-on" information you need, including how to interpret sleep scans.
- Access the full contents online at expertconsult.com plus additional illustrations, numerous video clips (parasomnias, leg kicks, and more), case studies, and enhanced sleep tracings (showing detailed sleep pattern alterations).
- Benefit from the author's 25 years of clinical experience taking care of patients with sleep disorders. Dr. Berry was awarded the 2010 AASM Excellence in Education award and is an experienced educator in the field of sleep medicine.
- Get clear, visual guidance on the new AASM scoring criteria, for which Dr. Berry served on the committee and provided all illustrations used.
Website Features
- Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
- Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
- Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
- Images: Browse a Library of all book images. Easily select, organize, and download your images into a presentation.
Contents
- Chapter 1 - Sleep Stages and Basic Sleep Monitoring
- Chapter 2 - The Technology of Sleep Monitoring
- Chapter 3 - Sleep Staging in Adults
- Chapter 4 - Biocalibration, Artifacts, and Common Variants of Sleep
- Chapter 5 - Sleep Staging in Infants and Children
- Chapter 6 - Sleep Architecture Parameters, Normal Sleep, and Sleep Loss
- Chapter 7 - Neurobiology of Sleep
- Chapter 8 - Monitoring Respiration—Technology and Techniques
- Chapter 9 - Monitoring Respiration—Event Definitions and Examples
- Chapter 10 - Sleep and Respiratory Physiology
- Chapter 11 - Cardiac Monitoring during Polysomnography
- Chapter 12 - Monitoring of Limb Movements and Other Movements during Sleep
- Chapter 13 - Polysomnography, Portable Monitoring, and Actigraphy
- Chapter 14 - Subjective and Objective Measures of Daytime Sleepiness
- Chapter 15 - Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndromes
- Chapter 16 - Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Chapter 17 - Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Benefits of Treatment
- Chapter 18 - Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment Overview and Medical Treatments
- Chapter 19 - Positive Airway Pressure Treatment
- Chapter 20 - Oral Appliance and Surgical Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Chapter 21 - Central Sleep Apnea and Hypoventilation Syndromes
- Chapter 22 - Sleep and Obstructive Lung Disease
- Chapter 23 - The Restless Leg Syndrome, Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep, and the Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
- Chapter 24 - Hypersomnias of Central Origin
- Chapter 25 - Insomnia
- Chapter 26 - Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
- Chapter 27 - Clinical Electroencephalography and Nocturnal Epilepsy
- Chapter 28 - Parasomnias
- Chapter 29 - Psychiatry and Sleep
- Chapter 30 - Sleep and Nonrespiratory Physiology—Impact on Selected Medical Disorders
- Chapter 31 - Sleep and Neurologic Disorders
- Glossary
About the Author
- Richard B. Berry, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Medical Director, University of Florida and Shands Sleep Disorder Center, Gainesville, Florida.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; Har/Dol edition (August 22, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1437703267
- ISBN-13: 978-1437703269
List Price: $99.00