Sleep Medicine in Clinical Practice

Co-authored by a neurologist, a psychiatrist and a pulmonologist from the renowned Mayo Clinic, Sleep Medicine in Clinical Practice reflects the cross-disciplinary nature in the clinical management of sleep disorders. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this emerging field, while addressing numerous developments in the science of sleep. Uniquely structured around sleep symptoms rather than disorders, it covers the psychological basis of sleep and includes diagnostic tools and possible therapeutic strategies, emphasizing throughout the role of the clinician in diagnosing and managing disease. Extensively updated, this second edition also offers: * Updates on the latest drug therapies * Illustrative case histories * A review of sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy, sleep apnea, insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, restless leg syndrome, and parasomnias * A review of sleep patients with Parkinsonism, dementia, epilepsy, respiratory diseases and psychiatric disorders * Evidence-based treatment recommendations incorporating AASM practice parameters It will be of interest to sleep medicine specialists and trainees as well as neurologists, pulmonologists, psychiatrists and internists. TABLE OF CONTENTS BASICS OF SLEEP MEDICINE Physiological Basis of Sleep Classification of Sleep Disorders Assessing the Patient with a Sleep Disorder Diagnostic testing for Sleep Disorders THE SLEEPY PATIENT Sleepiness and Its Causes Approach to the Sleepy Patient Narcolepsy and Related Conditions Sleep Apnea Syndromes Sleep in Patients with Respiratory Diseases and Respiratory Failure THE PATIENT WHO CANNOT SLEEP Insomnia and Its Causes Approach to the Patient Who Cannot Sleep Management of Insomnia Circadian Rhythm Disorders Sleep in the Patient with Psychiatric Disorders THE PATIENT WITH EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT IN SLEEP Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep The Parasomnias Sleep in Patients with Parkinsonism and Dementia Sleep in Patients with Epilepsy and Headaches Index