Authors:T. Scott Johnson,  William A. Broughton, Jerry
Publisher: New Technology Publishing
Keywords: sleep, apnea, struggle, live, hidden, breathe, syndrome, phantom, night, overcome, win
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1882431057
ISBN-13: 9781882431052

Sleep apnea disrupts the lives of millions of unsuspecting victims. Their struggle to breathe during sleep is a major cause of daytime sleepiness, accidents, poor health, lost years of productivity and happiness, and even death. Experts in sleep medicine and a patient guide people with snoring and sleep apnea and their families to take advantage of dramatically effective medical treatment. Broughton, the medical director of the accredited University of Alabama Knollwood Sleep Disorders Center, updates current advances. Demko reviews oral appliance therapy. They explain sleep as well as sleep a

Author: Sudhansu Chokroverty
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: sleep, answers, questions, second, disorders
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0763741205
ISBN-13: 9780763741204

Nearly 32 million Americans have insomnia and over 12 million suffer from sleep apnea .Whether you’re a newly diagnosed patient with a sleep disorder, or are a friend or relative of someone suffering from a sleep disorder, this book offers help. The only text available to provide both the doctor’s and patient’s views, 100 Questions & Answers About Sleep and Sleep Disorders gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions. Written by an expert on the subject, with "insider" commentary from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling w

Author: M.D. Ralph A. Pascualy
Publisher: Demos Health
Keywords: sleep, apnea, snoring
Number of Pages: 286
Published: 2008-01-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1932603263
ISBN-13: 9781932603262

Snoring and Sleep Apnea is written people with sleep apnea, as well as for their bed partners, families, and friends, and for health care professionals involved in sleep apnea management. Written by experts in the field, the book covers causes, diagnosis, treatment, and surgical techniques as well as the pros and cons of specific therapies. Readers learn when snoring is a sign of sleep apnea, why the condition is dangerous, when to see a sleep specialist, where to find an accredited sleep disorder center, the latest treatments, and how to feel better fast. Fully revised and expanded, this edit

Author: Elizabeth Pantley
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: sleep, night, baby, gentle, solution, ways
Number of Pages: 254
Published: 2002-03-28
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071381392
ISBN-13: 9780071381390

A breakthrough approach for a good night’s sleep--with no tears There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don’t believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is now a third option, presented in Elizabeth Pantley’s sanity-saving book The No-Cry Sleep Solution. Pantley’s successful solution has been tested and proven effective by scor

Author: William H. Moorcroft
Publisher: University Press Of America
Keywords: sleep, disorders, dreaming
Number of Pages: 508
Published: 1993-10-04
List price: $66.50
ISBN-10: 0819192511
ISBN-13: 9780819192516

This is a comprehensive review of sleep (measurement, homeostatic, rhythmic, physiology, sleep in animals), dreaming (the nature of dreams, dream theories, dream interpretation), sleep disorders, and functions of sleep and dreams. It is an ideal text for undergraduates in Psychology, Biology, Nursing, and related areas.

Authors:Jodi A Mindell, Judith A Owe,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Keywords: sleep, management, problems, diagnosis, clinical, pediatric, guide
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-08-01
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 1605473898
ISBN-13: 9781605473895

Written for busy primary care practitioners, this book is a practical clinical guide to common pediatric sleep disorders and their treatment. Information is organized by specific disorder and by the most frequent presenting complaints. Symptom-based algorithms will enable practitioners to evaluate sleep complaints in a stepwise manner. Other features include symptom checklists for specific disorders and chapters on sleep problems in special populations. Appendices provide practical tools for screening for sleep problems, evaluating sleep studies, and counseling families. This edition includes

Authors:Nic Butkov, Teofilo L Lee-Chiong,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Keywords: sleep, technologists, aast, association, endorsed, technology, fundamentals, american
Number of Pages: 710
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 0781792878
ISBN-13: 9780781792875

This text provides a thorough understanding of the use of polysomnography and other technologies in the evaluation and management of sleep disorders. Coverage includes in-depth reviews of the neurophysiology and cardiopulmonary aspects of sleep and the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. Detailed sections on polysomnography include recording procedures, identifying and scoring sleep stages and sleep-related events, and report generation. Chapters discuss therapeutic interventions including positive airway pressure, supplemental oxygen, surgical and pharmacologic treatments, and patient educati