Sleep Disorders Medicine
S. Chokrovert

SLEEP DISORDERS MEDICINE describes aspects of the science of sleep, technical methods of recording for diagnosis and classification of sleep disorders and the clinical approach to the patient with sleep complaints. Technical considerations include thepolysomnographic technique, multiple sleep latency test, recognition of cardiac arrhythmias, polysomnography, sleep scoring technique, and technique for evaluations of sleep-related erections. The final section of the book offers in-depth descriptionsof a variety of sleep disorders. Added emphasis is given to sleep disturbances following neurological, medical and psychiatric disturbances. The book also addresses recent developments in the neurophysiology and biochemical pharmocology of sleep. Irecommend the book particularly to neurologists, psychiatrists and general practitioners.. - The Lancet, August 1994 '..this is an excellent text book which can be easily read from cover to cover providing a useful overview for physicians ortechnologists developing an interest in sleep disorders. In addition for those people already in the field, it provides good well-referenced material to turn to when a particular problem needs to be addressed in more detail.The second edition contains six new chapters and gives details of the fundamental aspects of the science of sleep, the technical methods of recording for diagnosis and classification of sleep disorders, and a clinical approach to patients with sleep complaints. Also includes descriptions of a variety of sleep disorders and disturbances.

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Wydawnictwo: brak danych
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Medycyna i zdrowie
ISBN: 978-0-7506-9002-7
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