Chapter 9 Uncommon, Atypical, and Often Unrecognized PSG Patterns Sudhansu Chokroverty, Sushanth Bhat and Robert Thomas In the day-to-day interpretation of polysomnograms (PSGs), the polysomnographer often encounters patterns that are…
Chapter 4 Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Scoring Robert J. Thomas, Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat The diagnosis and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing remains the driving force behind clinical sleep medicine. As…
Chapter 15 Positive Pressure Titration Robert J. Thomas Overview Positive airway pressure therapy is a core skill in sleep medicine and laboratory practice. This area has seen significant changes since…
Chapter 16 Oral Appliances and Surgical Techniques for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Therapy John A. Fleetham and Fernanda R. Almeida This chapter is based on a recent overview of the…
Chapter 1 Polysomnographic Recording Technique Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat The most important initial step in the evaluation of a patient with sleep complaints is a detailed and focused in-clinic…
Chapter 3 Sleep Stages and Scoring Technique Raman K. Malhotra and Alon Y. Avidan Introduction to Sleep Stage Scoring The original Rechtschaffen and Kales sleep scoring manual of 1968, commonly…
Chapter 11 Sleep and Epilepsy Marco Zucconi and Sudhansu Chokroverty Epilepsy is a condition of recurrent unprovoked seizures, whereas a seizure is a paroxysmal event as a result of sudden…
Chapter 6 Hypnogram Analysis Robert J. Thomas, Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat The hypnogram is a compressed graphic summary of an entire sleep study. It allows, on a single page,…
Chapter 13 Neuroimaging Techniques Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, Pierre Maquet and Martin Desseilles Normal sleep has been explored with functional brain imaging techniques to characterize the distribution of brain activity across…
Chapter 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias Robert J. Thomas, Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat The polysomnogram (PSG) provides a good opportunity to evaluate cardiac rhythms. Although medically threatening abnormalities are seen less…
