ABC of Sleep Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780470659465 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 80 str.

Paul Reading

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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)

Spis treści

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 57

O autorze

Paul Reading, Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK and Department of Sleep Medicine, South Tees NHS Trust, UK

Blurb

Patients presenting with sleep–related symptoms are common in primary care, but assessing and managing these conditions can be difficult. ABC of Sleep Medicine is 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.

This brand new addition to the ABC series will be a valuable resource for general practitioners, practice and specialist nurses, psychiatrists, and medical trainees in both primary care and neurology.