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Books in Sleep medicine

  • Genetics of Sleep and Its Disorders, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6-2
    • June 24, 2011
    • Allan Pack
    • English
    This issue describes in detail the most current thinking on the way genes affect and determine sleep patterns, behaviors, disorders and needs. Sleep researchers continue to study genetic markers that may someday lead to a personalized approach to treatment of sleep disorders. The genetics of restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, obstructive sleep apnea, parasomnias, and insomnia are discussed. A solid understanding of the role genetics and molecular biology play in sleep will aid clinicians in diagnosing and treating these disorders, as well as advising their patients.

  • Sleep, Memory and Learning, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6-1
    • March 21, 2011
    • Robert Stickgold
    • English
    This issue dives into the study of sleep function, particularly as it relates to memory and cognition. Any clinician who sees patients with sleep disorders, or in particular any sleep medicine specialist, will find this information enlightening and invaluable, as it discusses the current state of understanding of how sleep affects humans’ waking cognitive functions. These review articles describe the research that has taken place, and the lessons that can be taken away from them, so that clinicians can confidently advise their patients on the functional importance of adequate sleep, and recognize cognitive symptoms of inadequate sleep. Articles discuss such topics as animal and human research on sleep and memory, various imaging techniques to describe brain activity during sleep, and the role of dreams.

  • Medications and Sleep, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5-4
    • December 15, 2010
    • Timothy Roehrs
    • English
    This issue comprises two parts. The first part examines pharmacology of drug classes and effects on the slee--wake processes. The second part focuses on therapeutics for various sleep disorders. In the first part, basic neuropharmacology of sleep-wake states is discussed. Other articles review hypnotics, allergy and cardiovascular drugs, anti-convulsant drugs, anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs, and stimulants. The second part focuses on pharmacology for specific sleep disorders: primary insomnia, co-morbid insomnia, sleep-related breathing disorders, narcolepsy and disorders of daytime sleepiness, movement disroders, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm disorders.

  • Positive Airway Pressure Therapy, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5-3
    • September 21, 2010
    • Richard B. Berry
    • English
    Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Therapy is a hugely important therapy option for sleep medicine specialists. This issue examines PAP therapy from every angle, in adults and children, to deliver a collection of up-to-the-minute reviews for the clinician. Topics include PAP Adherence, PAP treatment of OSA in adults and children (two separate articles), CPAP/BPAP titration, Adaptive Servo-Ventilation Titration, APAP and alternative titration methods, PAP treatment of Central Sleep Apnea, PAP and CHF, PAP treatment of hypoventilation in children, effects of PAP treatment on Non-CV medical disorders and on cardiovascular function, Adjunctive measures in PAP (oxygen, humidification, hypnotics) and NPPV titration and treatment.

  • Dreaming and Nightmares, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5-2
    • May 5, 2010
    • J. F. Pagel
    • English
    This issue reviews the current status of scientific dream study and offers the most up-to-date reviews on topics such as dream recall (including variables affecting dream recall, and the psychopathology of altered dream recall), dream content (including the assessment of dream content and variables affecting dream content), dreaming and cognitive functions (dreaming and emotional processing, personality and psychopathology, and learning and memory), disordered dreaming (such as nightmares in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, dreaming epiphenomena of narcolepsy, and parasomnias), medications altering dreaming, and the role of dreams in psychotherapy. Because sleep and dreams are inextricably linked, it is important for every sleep specialist to have an understanding of the current scientific understanding of normal and disordered dreaming.

  • Dentistry's Role in Sleep Medicine, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5-1
    • March 26, 2010
    • Dennis R. Bailey
    • English
    This issue reviews the major areas of clinical interest in Dental Sleep: Sleep Bruxism; Oral Evaluation and Screening by the Dentist; the Neurologic Basis of Sleep Breathing Disorders; Sleep and Orofacial Pain; Cone Beam Imaging of the Airway; The Cervical Spine: Considerations and Treatment for Sleep Disordered Breathing; the Role of the Nasal Airway; Myofunctional Tongue Therapy for Speech Therapy; Ambulatory Testing by the Dentist for Oral Appliance Therapy; Exercises to Address Posture, the Cervical Spine and the Airway; Oral Appliance Therapy for Sleep Breathing; Surgical Therapy for Sleep Breathing Disorders; Sleep Disorders and Headache; and Anatomy of the Airway. Every sleep specialist needs to be aware of how dental concerns can impact sleep behaviors and sleep disorders.

  • Adult Behavioral Sleep Medicine, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4-4
    • December 11, 2009
    • Kenneth Lichstein
    • English
    This issue is divided into two sections. Varied BSM Targets and The Insomnias. Topics in the Varied BSM Targets section include: CPAP Compliance, Periodic Leg Movement Disorder and Restless Legs Syndrome, Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Nightmares, Women's Sleep, Insomnia in Caregivers, Sleep Deprived Physicians. Topics in the Insomnias section include: Cognitive Mechanisms in Insomnia, Physiological Mechanisms in Insomnia, Primary Insomnia, Comorbid Insomnia, Hypnotic-Dependent Insomnia, and Late-Life Insomnia.

  • Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4-2
    • June 30, 2009
    • Kenneth P. Wright Jr.
    • English
    Circadian rhythm sleep disorders are caused by a mismatch between the sleep - wake pattern and circadian phase. Sleep at the circadian high is impaired, while alertness is reduced during wakefulness. This issue discusses biological timekeeping, consequences of circadian disruption in animal models, influence of circadian system on disease severity, effect of light on circadian physiology, melatonin, non-24-hour disorder, irregular sleep-wake disorder, advanced sleep phase, delayed sleep phase, jet lag, shift work, circadian disruption and psychiatric disorders, and winter depression.

  • Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders: Clinical Implications, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4-1
    • March 30, 2009
    • Edward Bixler
    • English
    In Sleep medicine, as in most disciplines, understanding of epidemiology plays a crucial role in clinical treatment of sleep disorders. This issue discusses several recent, large epidemiologic studies with a specific focus on the clinical implications of the findings. Studies discussed include the Penn State Child Cohort, the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study, the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, the Sleep Heart Health Study, the Bay Area Sleep Cohort, an ongoing study in Iceland, and the CARDIA Sleep Study.