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Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

  • 4th Edition - March 18, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Meir H. Kryger, Thomas Roth, William C. Dement
  • Language: English

This authoritative guide to sleep medicine is also available as an e-dition, book (ISBN: 1416003207) plus updated online reference!The new edition of this definitive resourc… Read more

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This authoritative guide to sleep medicine is also available as an e-dition, book (ISBN: 1416003207) plus updated online reference!

The new edition of this definitive resource has been completely revised and updated to provide all of the latest scientific and clinical advances. Drs. Kryger, Roth, and Dement—and over 170 international experts—discuss the most recent data, management guidelines, and treatments for a full range of sleep problems. Representing a wide variety of specialties, including pulmonary, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, internal medicine, otolaryngology, and primary care, this "who's who" of experts delivers the most compelling, readable, and scientifically accurate source of sleep medicine available today.

Key features

  • Includes user-friendly synopses of important background information before all basic science chapters.
  • Provides expert coverage of narcolepsy * movement disorders * breathing disorders * gastrointestinal problems * neurological conditions * psychiatric disturbances * substance abuse * and more.

Readership

Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry

Table of contents

I. Principles of Sleep Medicine

Normal Sleep and Its Variations


1. History of Sleep Physiology and Medicine

2. Normal Human Sleep: An Overview

3. Normal Aging

4. Daytime Sleepiness and Alertness

5. Acute Sleep Deprivation

6. Chronic Sleep Deprivation

7. Phylogeny of Sleep Regulation

8. Mammalian Sleep
Sleep Mechanisms

9. Brain Electrical Activity and Sensory Processing During Waking and Sleep States

10. REM sleep

11. Basic Mechanisms of Sleep-Wake States

12. Control of Motoneurons during sleep

13. Sleep-Promoting Mechanisms in Mammals
Physiology in Sleep

14. Physiologic Regulation in Sleep

15. Cardiovascular Physiology: Central and Autonomic Regulation

16. Cardiovascular Physiology: The Peripheral Circulation

17. Respiratory Physiology: Central Neural Control

18. Respiratory Physiology: Control of Ventilation

19. Respiratory Physiology: Breathing in Normal Subjects

20. Respiratory Physiology: Sleep at High Altitudes

21. Host Defense

22. Endocrine Physiology

23. Gastrointestinal Physiology

24. Temperature Thermoregulation and Sleep

25. Neural Mechanisms of Sleep-Related Penile Erections
Chronobiology

26. Master Circadian Clock: Master Circadian Rhythm

27. Circadian Rhythms in Mammals: Formal Properties and Environmental Influences

28. Anatomy of the Mammalian Circadian System

29. Physiology of the Mammalian Circadian System

30. Molecular Genetic Basis for Mammalian Circadian Rhythms

31. The Human Circadian Timing System and Sleep-Wake Regulation

32. Melatonin in the Regulation of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

33. Sleep Homeostasis and Models of Sleep Regulation

34. Interaction of Sleep Homeostasis and Circadian Rhythmicity-- Dependent or Independent Systems?

35. Circadian Rhythms in Sleepiness, Alertness and Performance
Pharmacology

36. Hypnotic Medications: Mechanisms of Action and Pharmacologic Effects

37. Clinical Pharmacology of Other Drugs Used as Hypnotics

38. Wake-Promoting Medications: Basic Mechanisms and Pharmacology

39. Wake-Promoting Medications: Efficacy and Adverse Effects

40. Drugs That Disturb Sleep and Wakefulness
Psychobiology and Dreaming

41. Introduction to Dreams and their Pathology

42. The Content of Dreams: Methodologic and Theoretical Implications

43. Chronobiology of Dreaming

44. The Neurobiology of Dreaming

45. Dreaming as a Mood Regulation System in Normal and Abnormal Emotional States

46. Dreams and Nightmares in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

47. Why We Dream

II. Practice of Sleep Medicine

Impact, Presentation, Diagnosis


48. Approach to the Patient with Disordered Sleep

49. Cardinal Manifestations of Sleep Disorders

50. Use of Clinical Tools and Tests in Sleep Medicine

51. Classification of Sleep Disorders

52. Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders

53. Sleep Medicine, Public Policy, and Public Health
Disorders of Chronobiology

54. Introduction: Disorders of Chronobiology

55. Sleep Disruption in Jet Lag and Other Circadian Rhythm-Related Disorders

56. Shift Work: Basic Principles

57. Managing Work Schedules: An Alertness and Safety Perspective

58. Circadian Disorders of the Sleep-Wake Cycle
Insomnia

59. Overview of Insomnia: Definitions, Epidemiology, Differential Diagnosis, and Assessment

60. Etiology and Pathophysiology of Insomnia

61. Psychological and Behavioral Treatments for Primary Insomnia

62. Psychological and Behavioral Treatments for Secondary Insomnias

63. Pharmacologic Treatment for Primary Insomnia
Neurological Disorders

64. Narcolepsy: Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, and Genetic Predisposition

65. Narcolepsy: Diagnosis and Management

66. Idiopathic Hypersomnia

67. Parkinsonism

68. Sleep and Stroke

69. Sleep and Neuromuscular Disease

70. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep

71. Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias

72. Epilepsy, Sleep, and Sleep Disorders

73. Other Neurological Disorders
Parasomnias

74. NREM Sleep-Arousal Parasomnias

75. REM Sleep Parasomnias

76. Other Parasomnias

77. Nightmares and Other Common Dream Disturbances

78. Disturbed Dreaming in Medical Conditions

79. Sleep Bruxism

80. Violent Parasomnias: Forensic Medicine Issues
Sleep Breathing Disorders

81. Central Sleep Apnea

82. Anatomy and Physiology of Upper Airway Obstruction

83. Snoring and Upper Airway Resistance

84. Genetics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

85. Cognition and Performance in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea

86. Sleep Apnea and Metabolic Dysfunction

87. Clinical Features and Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome and the Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome

88. Medical Therapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

89. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea

90. Surgical Management for Sleep Disordered Breathing

91.Oral Appliances for Sleep Disordered Breathing

92. Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: Overview

93. Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

94.Restrictive Lung Disorders

95 Nocturnal Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Treatment of Chronic Respiratory Failure
Cardiovascular Disorders

96. Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease: Present and Future

97. Sleep-Related Cardiac Risk

98. Cardiac Arrythmogenesis During Sleep: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Therapy

99. Cardiovascular Effects of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

100. Systemic and Pulmonary Hypertension in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

101. Coronary Artery Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

102. Heart Failure
Other Medical Disorders

103. Sleep and Fatigue in Cancer Patients

104. Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

105.Endocrine Disorders

106. Pain and Sleep Interaction

107.Gastrointestinal Disorders
Women’s Health

108. The Menstrual Cycle and Women’s Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

109. Pregnancy and Postpartum

110. Menopause
Psychiatric Disorders

111. Anxiety Disorders

112. Mood Disorders

113. Schizophrenia

114. Sleep and Eating Disorders

115. Medication and Substance Abuse
Methodology

116. Monitoring and Staging Human Sleep

117. Monitoring Techniques for Evaluating Suspected Sleep-disordered Breathing in Adults

118. Assessment of Sleep-related Erections

119. Assessment Techniques for Insomnia

120. Evaluating Sleepiness

121. Light Therapy

122..Neurological Monitoring Techniques

123. Gastrointestinal Monitoring Techniques

124. Actigraphry

125. Chronobiological Monitoring Techniques

Review quotes

REVIEW OF THE LAST EDITION:
“An essential reference….The definitive textbook for sleep medicine.”—Pediatric Pulmonology
“Will be treasured as a valued ready reference.”—Respiratory Care

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 22, 2005
  • Language: English

About the authors

MK

Meir H. Kryger

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

TR

Thomas Roth

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

WD

William C. Dement

Affiliations and expertise
Lowell W. and Josephine Q. Berry Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Stanford University School of Medicine, Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford, California

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