Sleep and breathing /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Saunders, Nicholas A., 1946-, Sullivan, Colin E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, Inc., [1994]
Edition:Second edition, revised and expanded.
Series:Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 71.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Neurobiology of sleep
  • Brainstem and forebrain regulation of sleep onset and slow-wave sleep
  • Neurobiology of rapid-eye-movement sleep
  • Sleep factors
  • Wakefulness stimulus for breathing
  • Periodic breathing during sleep
  • Human airway during sleep
  • Thoracic pump during sleep : an overview of respiratory muscle function with emphasis on aspects of measurement
  • Influence of sleep on respiratory muscle function : interactions between upper airway and chest wall muscles
  • Influence of sleep state and sleep-disordered breathing on cardiovascular function
  • Epidemiology as a research tool in breathing disorders of sleep
  • Prevalence of snoring
  • Familial influence on sleep apnea
  • Portable monitoring of sleep and breathing
  • Pathophysiology of sleep apnea
  • Endocrine and metabolic disturbances in obstructive sleep apnea
  • Clinical aspects of sleep apnea
  • Controversies in the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea
  • Mortality and morbidity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome : prospective studies on retrospective cohorts
  • Investigation and management of daytime sleepiness in sleep apnea
  • Regulation of breathing in the fetus and the newborn
  • Apnea and the sudden infant death syndrome
  • Sleep and breathing in the elderly
  • Breathing during sleep in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Sleep and breathing in asthma, cystic fibrosis and interstitial lung disease
  • Sleep-disordered breathing in neuromuscular disease
  • Breathing during sleep in cardiac disease
  • Speculations on the interaction between vascular disease and obstructive sleep apnea
  • Animal models of sleep apnea