Case Studies in Polysomnography Interpretation

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. A 74-year-old man with severe ischemic cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 2. A 65-year-old man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 3. An 80-year-old man with severe heart failure and witnessed apnea awake and during sleep Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 4. A 33-year-old man with a history of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and obesity Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 5. A 52-year-old man being treated for sleep-related hypoventilation Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 6. An 81-year-old obese woman with a history of snoring Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 7. A 33-year-old obese man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and snoring Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 8. A 57-year-old woman with moderate obstructive sleep apnea Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 9. A 57-year-old woman with potential obstructive sleep apnea Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 10. An 80-year-old man with heart failure and previously documented Cheyne-Stokes breathing Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 11. A 46-year-old obese man with loud snoring, witnessed apnea, and daytime sleepiness Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 12. A 60-year-old woman with severe obstructive sleep apnea Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 13. A 52-year-old man with valvular cardiomyopathy Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 14. An otherwise healthy 40-year-old man with potential obstructive sleep apnea Robert C. Basner and Ravi K. Persaud; 15. A 32-year-old man with observed severe snoring, and leg shaking during sleep Carl Bazil; 16. A 20-year-old woman with extreme sleepiness who reports hypnic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and sudden loss of muscle tone when startled Carl Bazil; 17. A 67-year-old man with chronic sleep-onset problems and maintenance insomnia, as well as episodes of talking and walking in his sleep Carl Bazil; 18. A 77-year-old woman with sudden episodes of loss of consciousness Carl Bazil; 19. A 32-year-old woman with frequent nocturnal episodes of sudden arousal and short chaotic movements Carl Bazil; 20. A 70-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Sean M. Caples; 21. A 74-year-old man with known cardiac disease, with an automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Sean M. Caples; 22. A 60-year-old man with known coronary artery disease Sean M. Caples; 23. A 38-year-old man with 'restlessness' at night prior to sleep onset Kelly A. Carden; 24. A 50-year-old previously healthy man with obstructive sleep apnea and a recent history of palpitations Kelly A. Carden; 25. A 53-year-old man with a history of loud snoring and daytime sleepiness Kelly A. Carden; 26. A 27-year-old man with a 10-year history of insomnia Kelly A. Carden; 27. A patient's sleeping habits shown in an actigraph Kelly A. Carden; 28. A patient with a possible sleep-related breathing disorder Christopher Cielo and Lee J. Brooks; 29. A 4-month-old boy with a history of prematurity and gastroesophageal reflux and observed pauses in breathing during sleep Christopher Cielo and Lee J. Brooks; 30. A 7-day-old female with Pierre-Robin sequence and micrognathia Christopher Cielo and Carole L. Marcus; 31. A 3-year-old girl with a history of static encephalopathy and severe obstructive sleep apnea Christopher Cielo and Carole L. Marcus; 32. A 60-year-old obese patient with chronic obstructive lung disease and severe obstructive sleep apnea David G. Davila, Patti Reed and B. Marshall; 33. A 24-year-old woman with a history of anxiety, asthma, and daytime sleepiness Katherine A. Dudley and Jean K. Matheson; 34. A 43-year-old Chinese man with a history of obesity, difficult-to-control hypertension, and proteinuria has daytime sleepiness and snoring Katherine A. Dudley and Robert Thomas; 35. A 57-y