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Informationen zum Autor TEOFILO L. LEE-CHIONG , MD, is Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado. He has served as associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Arkansas College of Medicine, where he was awarded the Red Sash Award for Excellence in Medical Education (2000). He performed his residency and fellowship in internal medicine and pulmonary and critical care at Yale University School of Medicine, followed by a post-fellowship in sleep medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. Klappentext A unique new resource on sleep medicineWritten by contemporary experts from around the world, Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook covers the entire field of sleep medicine. Taking a novel approach, the text features both syndrome- and patient-oriented coverage, making it ideally suited for both clinical use and academic study.Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook begins with a brief introduction to the basic science of sleep, from neurobiology to physiologic processes. This leads into sections offering comprehensive coverage of insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, parasomnias, movement disorders, and much more. Sleep and related disorders are also discussed, followed by chapters on considerations for special patient groups. Special materials for practitioners include a sample interview and questionnaire as well as a chapter on operating and managing a sleep center. The text concludes with discussions of sleep assessment methods such as polysomnography, actigraphy, and video EEG monitoring.With full coverage of over 100 key topics in sleep medicine, Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook offers the most practical, thorough, yet handy resource available on adult and pediatric sleep medicine. Zusammenfassung A unique new resource on sleep medicineWritten by contemporary experts from around the world, Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook covers the entire field of sleep medicine. Taking a novel approach, the text features both syndrome- and patient-oriented coverage, making it ideally suited for both clinical use and academic study.Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook begins with a brief introduction to the basic science of sleep, from neurobiology to physiologic processes. This leads into sections offering comprehensive coverage of insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, parasomnias, movement disorders, and much more. Sleep and related disorders are also discussed, followed by chapters on considerations for special patient groups. Special materials for practitioners include a sample interview and questionnaire as well as a chapter on operating and managing a sleep center. The text concludes with discussions of sleep assessment methods such as polysomnography, actigraphy, and video EEG monitoring.With full coverage of over 100 key topics in sleep medicine, Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook offers the most practical, thorough, yet handy resource available on adult and pediatric sleep medicine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi Contributors xxvii Part I The Science of Sleep Medicine 1 1 Normal Human Sleep 3 Anil Natesan Rama, S. Charles Cho, and Clete A. Kushida 2 The Neurobiology of Sleep 11 Gerald A. Marks 3 Physiologic Processes During Sleep 19 Leon Rosenthal 4 Biological Rhythms and Sleep 25 Robert Y. Moore 5 Biology of Dreaming 31 Milton Kramer 6 Psychology of Dreaming 37 Milton Kramer 7 The Function of Sleep 45 Marcos G. Frank 8 The Evolution of Sleep: A Phylogenetic Approach 49 John A. Lesku, Niels C. Rattenborg, and Charles J. Amlaner, Jr. 9 Neuropharmacology of Sleep and Wakefulness 63 Edgar Garcia-Rill, Tiffany Wallace, and Cameron Good 10 Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders 73 Maurice M. Ohayon and Christian Guilleminault
