Full Description
This book reviews and discusses the differential diagnoses for the common sleep related complaints encountered in sleep and primary care clinics. It meets the market need for a book that covers differential diagnosis in sleep medicine, and does so in a comprehensive manner.
Organized into two sections by age demographic, adult and pediatric, clinical case studies are presented with medications, treatments, diagnoses, and patient medical histories. Specified sleep disorders examined include insomnia, nocturnal awakenings, restless sleeping, nightmares, and sleep apnea. Additionally, chapters include medical questionnaires created for patients in clinical scenarios to aid in learning.
Unique and pedagogic, Sleep Disorders is written for physicians who practice in all primary care settings and as well as those sleep physicians in training.
Contents
Part1. Adult sleep medicine.- 1. Sleepiness.- 2. Insomnia.- 3. Nocturnal Awakenings.- 4. Restless sleeper.- 5. Breathing Pauses.- 6. Sleep Paralysis.- 7. Nightmares.- 8. Inpatient Sleep Consultation.- 9. Sleep Telemedicine.- Part2. Peds section.- 10. Snoring and restlessness during sleep in Children: Unique presentations, Diagnosis and Management.- 11. Restless sleeper.- 12. Obstructive sleep apnea and weight abnormalities in children
