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Sleep medicine in clinical practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silber, Michael H.
Other Authors: Krahn, Lois E., Morgenthaler, Timothy I.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, [2004]
Subjects:
Sleep Wake Disorders.
Sleep > physiology.
Table of Contents:
  • Basics of sleep medicine
  • Physiological basis of sleep
  • Classification of sleep disorders
  • Assessing the patient with a sleep disorder
  • Diagnostic testing for sleep disorders
  • The sleepy patient
  • Sleepiness and its causes
  • Approach to the sleepy patient
  • Narcolepsy and related conditions
  • Sleep apnea syndromes
  • Sleep in patients with respiratory diseases and respiratory failure
  • The patient who cannot sleep
  • Insomnia and its causes
  • Approach to the patient who cannot sleep
  • Management of insomnia
  • Circadian rhythm disorders
  • Sleep in the patient with psychiatric disorders
  • The patient with excessive movement in sleep
  • Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements of sleep
  • The parasomnias
  • Sleep in patients with parkinsonism and dementia
  • Sleep in patients with epilepsy and headaches