Skip to main content

Breathing Disorders in Sleep

  • 1st Edition - October 30, 2001
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Walter T. McNicholas, Eliot A. Phillipson
  • Language: English

Breathing Disorders in Sleep is an authorative reference for all those involved in the clinical investigation and care of patients with sleep-related respiratory disorders. Inform… Read more

Purchase options

Description

Breathing Disorders in Sleep is an authorative reference for all those involved in the clinical investigation and care of patients with sleep-related respiratory disorders. Information is provided in a logical sequence, divided initially into Physiology and Pathophysiology of Sleep and Respiration, Sleep Apnoea and Sleep in Other Respiratory Disorders.

From the foundation mechanisms involved, followed by clinical presentation through to management, clinical investigation and diagnosis, McNicholas and Phillipson have defined the current state-of-the-art in a rapidly growing and increasingly complex area.

Key features

  • Offers management options for snoring and sleep apnoea.
  • Covers morbidity, mortality and public health implications of sleep apnoea.
  • Nocturnal asthma.
  • Sleep in COPD.
  • Distinguished editors and a world-renowned group of contributors have produced a one-stop, ultimate reference.
  • Of interest to anyone involved in clinical management or research in breathing disorders during sleep.

    Readership

    Respiratory Physicians, Otolaryngologists, Neurologists, Psychiatrists and Psychologists, and Physical Scientists with a research interest in the area (including all trainee specialists in these areas)

    Table of contents

    Chapter
    Part One Introduction

    1 Impact of Sleep on Respiration J Dempsey

    2 Assessment of the Sleepy Patient J Krieger
    Part Two Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

    3 Epidemiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea T Young

    4 Athogenesis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea D White

    5 Clinical Features of Sleep Apnea W Flemons

    6 Investigation and Diagnosis of Suspected Sleep Apnea K Strohl
    Part Three Management

    7 Management Options for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea P Levy and J-L Pepin

    8 Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure C Sullivan

    9 Surgical Management A Sher

    10 Pharmacological Therapy of Sleep Apnea J Hedner

    11 Oral Devices for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea J Fleetham

    12 Significance and Management of Snoring without Sleep Apnea V Hoffstein
    Part Four Complications

    13 Neuropsychiatric/Behavioural C Guileminault

    14 Cardiovascular Complications of Sleep Apnea J Stradling

    15 Hormonal and Metabolic Aspects of Sleep Apnea R Grunstein

    16 Morbidity, Mortality and Public Health Implications of Sleep Apnea S Redline
    Part Five Central Sleep Apnea

    17 Hypoventilation Disorders/Hyprcapnic CSA E Phillipson

    18 Normo/Hypocapnic CSA T Douglas Bradley
    Part Six Sleep Apnea in the Young and Elderly

    19 Sleep Apnea in Infants and Children C Gaultier

    20 The Elderly S Ancoli-Israel
    Part Seven Sleep in Other Respiratory Disorders

    21 Nocturnal Asthma N Douglas

    22 COPD W McNicholas

    23 Neuromuscular and Chest Wall Disorders R Grunstein

    24 Instertitial Lung Disease, Cystic Fibrosis and Other Respiratory Disorders P Calverley

    Product details

    • Edition: 1
    • Latest edition
    • Published: November 7, 2001
    • Language: English

    About the authors

    WM

    Walter T. McNicholas

    Affiliations and expertise
    Director, Respiratory Sleep Disorders Unit, St Vincent's University Hospital, and Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland

    EP

    Eliot A. Phillipson

    Affiliations and expertise
    Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada