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CONTENTS
Dedication
About the Authors
List of Abbreviations
Foreword
Preface
Credits and Acknowledgments
1. Normal Sleep
2. Common sleep disorders
3. Introduction to polysomnography
4. Basic concepts of polysomnography channels
5. Preparations for the sleep study
6. Placement of leads for the sleep study
7. Starting and Closing the Study
8. Calibration and Biocalibration
9. Minimal Recording Parameters and Extended Montage
10. Montages
11. The Concept of Epochs
12. Artifacts
13. Scoring of Data in Adults
14. Use of Video Polysomnography
15. Use of Sleep Histogram
16. Polysomnography in Children: Scoring Rules
17. Test Protocols
18. Documentation
19. Troubleshooting
20. Manual Titration with Positive Airway Pressure
21. Writing an Informative Report
22. Guidelines for Supplemental Oxygen
23. Infection Control
24. Sleep Lab Management
25. Financial Viability for a Sleep Lab
Glossary
Index
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DEDICATION
To our families . . .
for their abundant support, patience,
understanding, and everlasting love and affection.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ravi Gupta, MD, PhD, MAMS, Certified Sleep Physician (World Sleep Federation), is presently working as Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, India. He has contributed chapters to various high profile academic volumes. He has also authored a book “Psychiatry for Beginners,” and has more than 100 published articles in various peer-reviewed journals to his credit. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the Young Psychiatrist Award from the Indian Psychiatric Society (2008), fellowships from the World Psychiatric Association (2008) and from the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (2009), and membership of the Indian Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (2015) to name a few. In 2010, he received a Mini-Fellowship from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. This fellowship provided him a chance to refine his knowledge and skills in the area of Sleep Medicine under able guidance of Dr. Jim Walker and Dr. Robert Farney at LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. Continuing with the legacy of his mentors, he is engaged in imparting knowledge of Sleep Medicine to physicians from various streams through lectures, workshops, and training programs in his present institute.
S. R. Pandi-Perumal, MSc, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Somnogen Canada Inc, a Canadian Corporation. He is a well-recognized sleep researcher, both nationally and internationally, and has authored many publications. His general area of research interest includes sleep and biological rhythms. He is a well-known editor in the field of sleep medicine and has edited over 20 volumes dealing with various sleep-related topics. He received an honorable mention in the New York Times in 2004. The India International Friendship Society awarded him the prestigious Bharat Gaurav award on January 12, 2013. The Bharat Gaurav Award is usually recognition of a person who has made achievements in a particular field, which in turn will put a positive impact on the society at large.
Ahmed S. BaHammam, MD, FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin), ABIM, EDIC, FACP, FCCP, is a tenured Professor of Medicine at King Saud University (KSU). Recognized as a leading expert in the field of sleep medicine, both nationally and internationally, Prof. BaHammam established the first academic sleep disorders center in Saudi Arabia and the first Sleep Medicine Fellowship program and subsequently chaired the committee that established the Saudi regulation for accreditation of sleep medicine specialists and sleep technologists. As a founding member of the Saudi Thoracic Society and the Saudi Sleep Medicine community, Prof. BaHammam has organized over 20 workshops on polysomnography. His advanced polysomnography courses have been conducted in several countries in the Middle East. For his contribution to sleep medicine, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award (2016) by King Saud University. He has published more than 200 scientific articles. He is a member of the editorial board of several international medical journals.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
| 10-20 | ten-twenty (electrode placement system) |
| 5-HT | serotonin |
| AASM | American Academy of Sleep Medicine |
| AC | alternate current |
| AV | atrio-ventricular |
| ABG | arterial blood gas analysis |
| ABIM | American Board of Internal Medicine |
| ALMA | alternate leg muscle activity |
| ASV | adaptive servo-ventilation |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CPAP... |
