• Acetylcholine • Adenosine • Agouti-related peptide • Angiotensin II • Calbindin • Calcitonin gene-related peptide • Cholecystokinin • Cocaine– and amphetamine–regulating transcript peptide • Corticotropin-releasing hormone • Cortisol •…
For example, what is the probability that our snoring patient has sleep apnea? We know from literature that about 90 % of patients with obstructive sleep apnea snore (sensibility). We also…
Fig. 10.1 Human brain imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) reveals anatomically distributed changes in brain function across states of arousal. a PET imaging of cerebral blood flow (CBF) in 37…
Fig. 4.1 Social–ecological framework The social–ecological model of sleep and health is based on this approach. The model, presented in Fig. 4.2, conceptualizes sleep in the context of both upstream and downstream…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017Sudhansu Chokroverty (ed.)Sleep Disorders Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6578-6_22 22. Multiple Sleep Latency Test Thomas Roth1 and Timothy A. Roehrs2 (1) Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Wayne State University Medical School, 2799 W….
Affected neuroreceptor—drug class Patient reports of nightmares and/or disturbed/abnormal dreaming Norepinephrine—beta blockers Atenolol CT [nightmares 3/20 patients] Bisoprolol CT [nightmares 3/68 patients] Labetalol CT [nightmares 5/175 patients] Oxprenolol CT [nightmares…
Physiologic causes Sleep deprivation and sleepiness related to lifestyle and irregular sleep–wake schedule Pathologic causes Primary sleep disorders Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome Central sleep apnea syndrome with or without Cheyne–Stokes…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017Sudhansu Chokroverty (ed.)Sleep Disorders Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6578-6_1 1. Introduction to the Topic Clifford B. Saper1 (1) Department of Neurology, Program in Neuroscience, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess…
Fig. 27.1 Illustration of blast mechanism from modern battlefield, e.g., IED (improvised explosive device). Vulnerable areas include cranium, face, neck, including vascular supply Fig. 27.2 3D CT scan demonstrating blast trauma to…
Fig. 19.1 Axial noncontrast head CT demonstrating a left parieto-occipital contrecoup contusion with surrounding hypodensity and subtle bifrontal hypodensities with 5 mm of left to right midline shift. There is a right…
