Sleep Medicine

by Michael S. Aldrich

Overview

This book offers a concise, methodological approach to the evaluation and treatment of patients with sleep disorders. The management of sleep disorders requires an understanding of sleep itself, thus the book initially discusses aspects of normal sleep. The remainder of the book provides a formula for critical assessment, in which the symptoms and signs and the psychological and medical background of the patient, in conjunction with an understanding of the neurobiological and psychological basis of sleep disorders, are considered. Polysomnographic studies and other laboratory tests supplement and redefine clinical information and assist physicians in their treatment options.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198029649
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/08/1999
Series:	Contemporary Neurology Series , #76
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Aldrich, Michael S., MD (Univ of Michigan Medical Center)

Table of Contents

PrefaceSection I: Sleep1. Normal human sleep2. Neurobiology of sleep3. Breathing during wakefulness and sleep4. Chronobiology5. Ontogeny of sleep6. Dreams and other mental activity during sleepSection II: Sleep disorders7. Approach to the patient8. Sleepiness and sleep deprivation9. Insomnia10. Narcolepsy and related disorders11. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder12. Chronobiological disorders13. Obstructive sleepapnea syndrome14. Central sleep apnea and hypoventilation during sleep15. Parasomnia16. Psychiatric disorders and sleep17. Medical causes of disordered sleep18. Sleep disorders in dementias and related degenerative diseases19. Diencephalic and brainstem sleep disorders20. Sleep and epilepsy

Editorial Reviews

4 Stars! from Doody

A welcome addition to the Contemporary Neurology Series monographs, this work deals with the still somewhat nascent specialty of medicine concerned with sleep and the normal and abnormal phenomena related to it. Cognizant of the major advances in this field vis-a-vis the relative paucity of disseminated knowledge among most clinicians, the author sought to meet the need for accurate and concise information concerning the evaluation and treatment of patients with sleep problems (as stated in the preface). I believe the result more than adequately fills the bill. The author, in the preface, alludes to clinicians in general as the intended readers of this book. I agree that all physicians taking care of patients with sleep disorders - regardless of their particular field - would benefit from this publication, which is written by a recognized expert in sleep medicine. The book begins with six chapters devoted to the phenomenology, biology, and ontogeny of normal sleep. One chapter includes examples of how to approach a patient with a possible sleep disorder, and several other chapters include a discussion of the various disorders of sleep. The remainder of the book covers certain medical, neurologic, and psychiatric conditions associated with sleep problems. The tables, illustrations - all well-chosen - and the index aid to the study of this book, which I feel should be undertaken from cover to cover because it is so neatly organized. This is an excellent contribution to the growing field of sleep medicine. While it is by no means intended to be comprehensive, the content, coupled with the references, provide the reader with a wealth of information in a handy and quite readable form.This is definitely a worthwhile study for the sleep clinician and a good resource for all other interested physicians and allied health personnel.

Miguel Zialcita III

I highly recommend Sleep Medicine not just to neurologists but to any physician whose patients ask for help with sleep disorders, including family physicians, internists and subspecialists, pediatricians, and otolaryngologists. Your patients will sleep better.

Journal of the American Medical Association

Reviewer: Miguel Zialcita III, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: A welcome addition to the Contemporary Neurology Series monographs, this work deals with the still somewhat nascent specialty of medicine concerned with sleep and the normal and abnormal phenomena related to it.
Purpose: Cognizant of the major advances in this field vis-a-vis the relative paucity of disseminated knowledge among most clinicians, the author sought to meet the need for accurate and concise information concerning the evaluation and treatment of patients with sleep problems (as stated in the preface). I believe the result more than adequately fills the bill.
Audience: The author, in the preface, alludes to clinicians in general as the intended readers of this book. I agree that all physicians taking care of patients with sleep disorders - regardless of their particular field - would benefit from this publication, which is written by a recognized expert in sleep medicine.
Features: The book begins with six chapters devoted to the phenomenology, biology, and ontogeny of normal sleep. One chapter includes examples of how to approach a patient with a possible sleep disorder, and several other chapters include a discussion of the various disorders of sleep. The remainder of the book covers certain medical, neurologic, and psychiatric conditions associated with sleep problems. The tables, illustrations - all well-chosen - and the index aid to the study of this book, which I feel should be undertaken from cover to cover because it is so neatly organized.
Assessment: This is an excellent contribution to the growing field of sleep medicine. While it is by no means intended to be comprehensive, the content, coupled with the references, provide the reader with a wealth of information in a handy and quite readable form. This is definitely a worthwhile study for the sleep clinician and a good resource for all other interested physicians and allied health personnel.

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