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SCGH Held |
Phys. Description |
xxv, 566 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Normal human sleep: Infancy to adulthood -- Biological rhythms and sleep -- The neurobiology of sleep: neural circuitry and mechanisms -- Genetics of sleep -- The functions of sleep -- Polysomnography: the measurement of sleep and sleep disorders -- Measurement of sleepiness, sleep tendency, and alertness -- Features and neurocognitive effcts -- Public health implications of sleep disorders and insufficient sleep -- Clinical features of adult obstructive sleep apnoea and pathophysiology of upper airway obstruction -- Pathophysiological mechanisms: the respiratory control system -- Obstructive sleep apnoea in a community study: the Busselton Sleep Cohort -- Cardiovascular and metabolic complications of obstructive sleep apnoea -- Endocrine consequences of obstructive sleep apnoea -- Optimal evaluation of adult obstructive sleep apnoea -- Weight and weight loss -- A thirty-five year perspective on continuous positive airway pressure -- Oral appliances -- Upper airway surgery -- Novel and emerging therapies -- Experimental therapies -- Central sleep apnoea: physiological mechanisms -- Short cycle length central sleep apnoea: clinical features and treatment -- Central sleep apnoea in heart failure: clinical approach to evaluation and management -- Chest and wall disorders -- Spinal and neurological disorders -- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome -- Obstructive and suppurative lung disease -- Narcolepsy -- Idiopathic hypersomnia -- Insomnia classification, features, diagnosis, and evaluation -- Cognitive and behavioural therapy for insomnia -- Pharmacotherapy for insomnia -- Delayed sleep/wake phase disorder -- Advanced, non-24 hour and irregular sleep/wake rhythm disorders -- Shift work sleep disorder -- Sleepwalking and sleeptalking -- Night terrors -- REM sleep parasomnias -- Sleep bruxism -- Restless legs syndrome -- The sleepless child -- Sleep disorders breathing in children -- Normal sleep in the elderly -- Obstructive sleep apnoea in the older person -- Dementia and neurodegenerative conditions -- Sleep in the institutional facility -- Cardiovascular system and sleep -- The brain and sleep -- Kidney failure and sleep -- Sleep in pregnancy -- Sleep and the menopause -- Sleep and psychiatric illness -- Drugs of abuse and sleep -- Accidents, injuries, and sleep -- Exercise, sport, and sleep -- Sleep and perioperative medicine -- Sleep and the law. |
Subject |
Sleep Wake Disorders.
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Sleep.
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Alt Author |
Mansfield, Darren R., editor.
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Antic, Nick, editor.
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Rajaratnam, Shantha M. W., editor.
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Naughton, Matthew T., editor.
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ISBN |
9780995388703 |
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