Breathing Disorders in Sleep

Walter T. McNicholas (Author), Eliot A. Phillipson (Author)

9780702025105, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 30 October 2001

352 pages, 100 ills.
28 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.82 kg

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.

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

Subject Areas: Respiratory medicine [MJL], Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]