Chapter 101 Anatomy and Physiology of Upper Airway Obstruction Richard J. Schwab, John E. Remmers, Samuel T. Kuna Abstract Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) develop repetitive pharyngeal airway closure…
Chapter 61 Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders Markku Partinen, Christer Hublin Abstract Every day one third or more of the population suffers from some sleep disturbance and/or from abnormal daytime sleepiness….
Chapter 95 REM Sleep Parasomnias Mark W. Mahowald, Carlos H. Schenck Abstract Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is characterized by numerous physiologic variables that usually occur in concert to produce…
Chapter 75 Insomnia Recent Developments and Future Directions Daniel J. Buysse Supported by MH024652, AG020677, and MH078961. Research and clinical practice in insomnia have shown steady progress since the fourth…
Chapter 99 Sleep Bruxism Gilles Lavigne, Christiane Manzini, Nelly T. Huynh Abstract Sleep bruxism, characterized by teeth grinding or jaw clenching, causes tooth destruction, headache, orofacial pain, and jaw dysfunction….
Chapter 58 Physical Examination in Sleep Medicine Alon Y. Avidan, Beth A. Malow Abstract The physical examination of the patient presenting with sleep concerns often provides important supporting information for…
Chapter 76 Insomnia Epidemiology and Risk Factors Kenneth L. Lichstein, Daniel J. Taylor, Christina S. McCrae, Megan E. Ruiter Abstract Chronic, clinically significant insomnia approaches 10% prevalence, and moderately frequent…
Chapter 35 The Human Circadian Timing System and Sleep–Wake Regulation Charles A. Czeisler, Orfeu M. Buxton Abstract The circadian pacemaker (or biological clock) confers endogenous rhythmicity with a period just…
Chapter 117 Sleep-Related Cardiac Risk Richard L. Verrier, Murray A. Mittleman Abstract The brain, in subserving its need for periodic re-excitation during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and dreaming, imposes…
Chapter 110 Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea Syndrome Barbara A. Phillips, Meir H. Kryger Abstract Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) exists along a continuum of severity, and the boundaries between pathologic and…
