Full Description
This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics is edited by Dr.Ahmed BaHammam and focuses on Hypersomnia. Article topics include: Hypersomnia: neurobiological basis; Narcolepsy Immunogenetics: Where is the Evidence?; Genetic markers of sleepiness; Autonomic function instabilities in Narcolepsy; Epidemiology of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness; Evaluation of the sleepy patient: differential diagnosis; Subjective and objective assessment of hypersomnia; Sleepiness in Narcolepsy; Idiopathic hypersomnia; Sleep disordered breathing and excessive daytime sleepiness; Drug-induced excessive sleepiness; Kleine-Levin syndrome and recurrent hypersomnia; Behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome: an underestimated cause of hypersomnia; Sleepiness in children; Sleepiness in Adolescents; Sleepiness in the elderly; Depression and Hypersomnia: a complex association; Neurodegenerative diseases and excessive sleepiness; Sleepiness and traffic safety; Pharmacological management of excessive daytime sleepiness; Non-pharmacological management of excessive daytime sleepiness.
Contents
Sleep Medicine Clinics
Hypersomnia
Preface
Hypersomnia: Neurobiological Basis
Narcolepsy Immunogenetics: Where is the Evidence?
Genetic Markers of Sleep Loss and Sleepiness
Narcolepsy: Medical Comorbidity and Mortality
Evaluation of the Sleepy Patient: Differential Diagnosis
Subjective and Objective Assessment of Hypersomnia
Sleepiness in Narcolepsy
Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Sleep Disordered Breathing and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Drug-Induced Excessive Sleepiness
Kleine-Levin Syndrome and Recurrent Hypersomnia
Behaviorally Induced Insufficient Sleep Syndrome: An Underestimated Cause of Hypersomnia
Sleepiness in Children
Sleepiness in Adolescents
Sleepiness in the Elderly
Depression and Hypersomnia: a Complex Association
Neurodegenerative Diseases and Excessive Sleepiness
Sleepiness and Traffic Safety
Pharmacological Management of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Non-Pharmacological Management of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Imaging Studies in Hypersomnia
