Sleep Apnea
eBook - PDF

Sleep Apnea

Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

  1. 570 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sleep Apnea

Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

About this book

Sleep apnea is a common chronic condition affecting millions of people. Written by a multidisciplinary team including sleep medicine specialists, pulmonologists, scientists, psychiatrists, otorhinolaryngologists, and more, this text provides essential scientific and clinical information for those treating and researching the condition.Since the pre

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780849396977
eBook ISBN
9781420020885
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Internal Medicine & Diagnosis

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Contributors
  4. Preface
  5. Chapter 1: Pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea:Insights from upper airway imaging studies
  6. Chapter 2: Biomechanics of the upper airway during sleep
  7. Chapter 3: Sleep-induced breathing instability
  8. Chapter 4: Mechanisms of upper airway hypotonia
  9. Chapter 5: Autonomic consequences of arousal from sleep and neural mechanisms of arousal
  10. Chapter 6: Airway refl exes: Changes with sleep
  11. Chapter 7: Gender differences in sleep-disordered breathing
  12. Chapter 8: Mechanisms of sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea
  13. Chapter 9: Neuroimaging studies in obstructive sleep apnea
  14. Chapter 10: Biomarkers and obstructive sleep apnea
  15. Chapter 11: Obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension: Interactions and clinical implications
  16. Chapter 12: Other cardiovascular consequences of sleep apnea
  17. Chapter 13: Neuroendocrine aspects of sleep apnea
  18. Chapter 14: Obstructive sleep apnea and glucose metabolism
  19. Chapter 15: Intermittent hypoxia and neurocognitive function
  20. Chapter 16: Obstructive sleep apnea: Mechanisms of intermittent hypoxemia neural injury
  21. Chapter 17: Screening for sleep apnea
  22. Chapter 18: Alternative strategies for diagnosis of patients with obstructive sleep apnea
  23. Chapter 19: Obstructive sleep apnea: Children versus adults
  24. Chapter 20: Sleep apnea in older adults
  25. Chapter 21: Obstructive sleep apnea in pregnancy and menopause
  26. Chapter 22: Adherence to CPAP treatment and functional status in adult obstructive sleep apnea
  27. Chapter 23: CPAP therapy: Results of randomized controlled trials in obstructive sleep apnea
  28. Chapter 24: Oral appliance therapy for snoringand sleep apnea
  29. Chapter 25: Upper airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea
  30. Chapter 26: Pharmacotherapeutic trials for sleep-disordered breathing
  31. Index
  32. Back cover