Sleep medicine is a recent discipline but its field of knowledge is
already extensive. This results from the progress made in
understanding sleep-wake mechanisms, the development of reliable
means of investigation, and advances in our knowledge of the
nosology of the disorders of sleep and wakefulness.
This volume comprises five sections: the first looks at the
semiotics of normal sleep in adults and children, sleep mechanisms
and the major physiological functions and mental activity during
sleep. The second section is a review of the different means of
investigating sleep and wakefulness and the methods of analysis
currently available. The third section deals with the disorders of
sleep and wakefulness, insomnias, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm
sleep disorders and parasomnias. The fourth section describes a
number of medical disorders which are either sleep-related or
simply exacerbated by sleep: snoring, chronic obstructive lung
diseases, restless legs syndrome or periodic limb movement
disorder, sleep epilepsies, etc. The final section encompasses
disorders which are not sleep-dependent but to which sleep
investigations may add further insight, such as mood disorders,
certain neurological pathologies, dysautonomias, and again,
epilepsy.
The appendix contains questionnaires, indexes, and assessment
scales designed to assist the clinician in evaluating the different
disorders.
The present edition, written in English is a complete revision of
the two preceding French editions. It represents the work of
European and North and South American specialists.
Doctors and surgeons interested in sleep, cardiologists,
internists, neurologists, ENT specialists, pneumologists,
psychiatrists and rheumatologists will find state-of-the-art
information on sleep physiology and pathology, with means of
evaluation, decision trees and appendices to assist them in their
approach to patients affected by disorders of sleep and
wakefulness.
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