Paul Reading

ABC of Sleep Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A practical illustrated guide to sleep disorders which will give health professionals confidence in this complex area of diagnosis and management.

It explains the differences between normal and abnormal sleep, and looks in depth at individual disorders such as sleep apnoea, insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome and the parasomnias, as well as sleep disorders as a comorbidity of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disease. Common sleep disorders in children are addressed in detail before concluding with an overview of pharmacological treatments and how commonly used drugs might affect sleep.

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Produktdetails

• ABC Series
• Verlag: BMJ Books / Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14565946000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 269mm x 216mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780470659465
• ISBN-10: 0470659467
• Artikelnr.: 37085285

Autorenporträt

Paul Reading, Consultant Neurologist, Department of Sleep Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii

1 Normal versus Abnormal Sleep 1

2 Diagnosing Sleep Disorders 6

3 Excessive Daytime Sleepiness 12

4 Sleep Apnoea Syndromes 18

5 Insomnia 24

6 Secondary (co-morbid) Insomnia 29

7 The Parasomnias 33

8 Sleep Disorders in Children 38

9 Sleep in Neurodegenerative Disease 43

10 Sleep in Psychiatric Disease 47

11 Drugs Used in Sleep Medicine 51

Index 5

Rezensionen

"This is a well-written, pithy guide to and overview of the basics of sleep medicine. It includes vivid illustrations and graphics that make the book that much more pleasurable to read." (Doody's, 9 August 2013)