Full Description
This book presents 50 of the most interesting and challenging sleep medicine clinical cases encountered by leaders in the field. The cases encompass the full spectrum of sleep medicine, with topics covering neurology, pulmonology, psychiatry, psychology, ENT, and beyond. In addition, adults and pediatric cases will be covered.
Chapters that feature cases follow a similar format. A brief clinical history, is followed by physical examination, investigations/studies, differential diagnosis, discussion and management, and final or possible diagnosis. These cases are open to discussion and include teaching points.
50 Challenging Sleep Medicine Cases will intrigue residents interested in sleep medicine, sleep medicine fellows and professionals interested in case review for certification exams and to discuss unusual cases, as well as neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, neuropsychologists.
Contents
Case 1. The borderlands of sleep-wake movements and epilepsy.- Case 2. Sometimes lightheadedness a harbinger.- Case 3. Testosterone and gender: not what you think.- Case 4. Despite of CPAP therapy, my husband still has a disturbed nocturnal sleep.- Case 5. Multiple causes of sleepiness.- Case 6. COVID-19, breathing and insomnia. There is more than one story..- Case 7. Waking up the household.- Case 8. "Explosion in my head waking me up".- Case 9. A case of opposites?.- Case 10. Mom knows the best: no so transient.- Case 11. Two faces of the medallion.- Case 12. Watchful waiting.- Case 13. Measure twice, cut once...or not at all....- Case 14. Snoring vividly.- Case 15. Central apnea and worsening headaches.- Case 16. "I am scared I will die from sleeplessness".- Case 17. Difficulty breathing, difficulty functioning.- Case 18. MAD that stops breathing.- Case 19. Two for one isn't always better: when is a dual diagnosis problematic?.- Case 20. The mysterious mustache.- Case 21. Is there a link between insomnia and diet?.- Case 22. Not your typical sleepy adolescent.- Case 23. Sleep Trauma.- Case 24. Getting to the heart of the matter.- Case 25. Movements come in different ways.- Case 26. Sometimes sleep hygiene is not just sleep hygiene.- Case 27. Storage wars.- Case 28. Sleeping up an appetite.- Case 29. Not all sleep studies are the same, timing and teaming are essential.- Case 30. Cyclical insomnia and hypersomnia.- Case 31. Restless Pelvis.- Case. 32. A young child with sleep onset insomnia and "weird" feelings in his legs.- Case 33. Hallucinations may be the clue.- Case 34. Hard to diagnose, hard to treat.- Case 35. High pressure situation.- Case 36. A cerebral change in eating behavior.- Case 37. "I'm not schizophrenic!" Is it catalepsy or cataplexy?.- Case 38. A sleepy patient with "epileptic seizures" and disturbed night sleep.- Case 39. Behind the sleepiness.- Case 40. All stress and no rest.- Case 41. Night terrors are not always what they seem.- Case 42. Asleep or Not Asleep, That is the Question.- Case 43. "Somebody is standing by my bed when I am falling asleep".- Case 44. Timing is everything.- Case 45. Lullaby and goodnight say goodbye to these spikes....- Case 46. Breathing is not the complete story.- Case 47. Rapidly progressing obstructive sleep apnea.- Case 48. Unusual cause of worsening AHI on CPAP download.- Case 49. The therapeutic labyrinth of multimorbidity.- Case 50. My legs move when I lie down.- Case 51. Sleepless could be fatal.-
