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