BookSudhansu Chokroverty, editor.
Summary: Since publication of the first edition in 1994, the second edition in 1999, and the third edition in 2009, many new advances in sleep medicine have been made and warrant a fourth edition. This comprehensive text features 19 additional chapters and covers basic science, technical and laboratory aspects and clinical and therapeutic advances in sleep medicine for beginners and seasoned practitioners. With the discovery of new entities, many new techniques and therapies, and evolving basic science understanding of sleep, Sleep Disorders Medicine, Fourth Edition brings old and new knowledge about sleep medicine together succinctly in one place for a deeper understanding of the topic. Neurologists, internists, family physicians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, otolaryngologists, dentists, neurosurgeons, neuroscientists, intensivists, anesthesiologists as well as those interested in advancing their knowledge in sleep and its disorders, will find this edition to be an invaluable resource to this bourgeoning field.
Contents:
Part I: Basic science of sleep. Introduction to the topic
Overview of normal sleep
Sleep deprivation and excessive daytime sleepiness
Effects of sleep deprivation and sleepiness on society and driving
Neurobiology of rem sleep, NREM sleep homeostasis, and gamma band oscillations
Basic circadian timing and sleep-wake regulation
Neurotransmitters, neurochemistry, and the clinical pharmacology of sleep
Neurobiology of NREM sleep and thermoregulation in sleep
Phylogeny of sleep
Sleep and anesthesia: different states with shared pathophysiological traits
Physiological changes of sleep
Sleep and immune regulation
Sleep and memory consolidation
Dreaming and sleep disorder
Study design and analysis in sleep medicine
Part II: Technical considerations. Instrumentation, electronics, and signal analysis
An overview of polysomnographic technique
Electroencephalography, electromyography, and electro-oculography: general principles and basic technology
Electrocardiography: principles and applications in sleep medicine
Evaluation and monitoring of respiratory function
Neuroimaging in normal and abnormal sleep
Multiple sleep latency test
Maintenance of wakefulness test
Scoring of normal sleep and arousals
Scoring of sleep-related breathing events
Part III: Clinical topics. Approach to the patient with sleep complaints
International classification of sleep disorders
Epidemiology: principles and application in sleep medicine
Genetics of sleep and sleep disorders
Nutrition and sleep
Sleep duration, morbidity, and mortality
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Central sleep apnea, hypoventilation syndrome, and sleep in high altitude
Positive airway pressure in the treatment of sleep apnea-hypopnea
Preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative evaluation and management of sleep-disordered breathing
Oral appliances and surgical techniques for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Nature, evaluation, and treatment of insomnia
Narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia
Motor control and dyscontrol in sleep
Evaluation and management of RLS and PLMD
Sleep, breathing, and neurologic disorders
Fatigue in clinical practice
Sleep, coma, vegetative and minimally conscious states
Sleep and epilepsy
Dreaming in neurological disorders
Sleep in psychiatric disorders
Sleep disturbances in general medical disorders
Evaluation and management of circadian rhythm sleep disorders
Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
Parasomnias
Sleep disorders in the elderly
Evolution of sleep from birth to adolescence and sleep disorders in children
Sleep and sleep disorders in women
Sleep, violence, and forensic implications
General principle of treatment of sleep dysfunction and pharmacology of drugs used in sleep disorders
Sleep and alternative medicine: I
Approach to sleep disorders in the traditional school of Indian medicine: alternative medicine II
Sleep in extreme environment
Erratum to: sleep disorders medicine
Epilogue.