Sleep Breathing Disorders
Chapter 13 Sleep Breathing Disorders 13.1 Examination of the Patient with Suspected Sleep Apnea Meir H. Kryger Because many patients with sleep apnea have anatomic abnormalities that cause obstruction of…
Gallery of Polysomnographic Recordings
Chapter 19 Gallery of Polysomnographic Recordings Max Hirshkowitz and Meir H. Kryger This chapter presents a wide variety of polysomnographic recordings organized by disorder or disease. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)…
Neurologic Disorders
Chapter 11 Neurologic Disorders 11.1 Central Nervous System Hypersomnias Chad Ruoff and Emmanuel Mignot Overview Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is one of the most common complaints encountered in sleep disorder…
Biology of Sleep
Chapter 3 Biology of Sleep 3.1 Sleep Mechanisms Patrick M. Fuller, Phyllis C. Zee and Orfeu M. Buxton Nervous System Control Although it is generally believed that in sleep, the…
Normal Sleep
Chapter 4 Normal Sleep 4.1 Sleep in Animals and the Phylogeny of Sleep Jerome Siegel The amount of sleep required by animals varies greatly. The horse sleeps less than 2…
Gallery of Sleep Laboratory Video Findings
Chapter 21 Gallery of Sleep Laboratory Video Findings Meir H. Kryger This chapter contains examples of video findings obtained in a typical sleep medicine clinic polysomnography lab. They are grouped…
Other Medical Disorders
Chapter 15 Other Medical Disorders 15.1 Thyroid Disease Meir H. Kryger The main function of the thyroid gland is to produce the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine and thyroxine, which play a…
History of Sleep Medicine and Physiology
Chapter 2 History of Sleep Medicine and Physiology Meir H. Kryger Although the field of medicine is fairly recent, historical, literary, and scientific descriptions have added to our knowledge. Sleep…
Pharmacology
Chapter 6 Pharmacology Wallace Mendelson and Andrew D. Krystal Pharmacologic agents are often taken by patients to help them fall asleep, stay asleep, or to be more alert during the…
Vascular Disorders
Chapter 14 Vascular Disorders 14.1 Cardiovascular Diseases Shahrokh Javaheri This chapter reviews cardiovascular diseases encountered in patients with sleep disorders. Both obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea (CSA)…
