
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Diagnosis and Treatment
Clete A. Kushida(Editor)
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2007
Book
Hardback
464 pages
978-0-8493-9182-8 (ISBN)
Description
More than 18 million Americans have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), but more than 90% of cases still remain undiagnosed. This source offers a thorough review of key considerations in the identification and treatment of OSA, and discusses issues often unaddressed in other publications on the topic, such as gender, age, drug interactions, and associated conditions to supply the clinician with best practices, expert recommendations, and clear-cut tables and guidelines for the care of patients with this disorder.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
57 s/w Abbildungen, 36 farbige Abbildungen, 50 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 35 s/w Tabellen
35 Tables, black and white; 50 Halftones, black and white; 36 Illustrations, color; 57 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-9182-8 (9780849391828)
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Person
Clete A. Kushida is Director and Principal Investigator, Center for Human Sleep Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, and is an Associate Professor at the Stanford University Medical Center. Since 1977, Dr. Kushida has directed NIH- and industry-sponsored research studies on sleep and its disorders, authored numerous articles and book chapters, and presented lectures to students, physicians and the general public at both national and international levels. He is te Secretary-Treasurer of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine; a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Sleep Medicine Foundation and the American Board of Sleep Medicine ; a member of the Editorial Boards of the journal of SLEEP and the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine; and is the immediate past Chair of the Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Kushida received the B.A.S. (1981) and M.S. (1982) degrees from Stanford University, California, and the Ph.D. (1986) and M.D. (1990) degrees from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois. He completed a neurology residency (1994) at the University of California, San Diego, and a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored fellowship in sleep medicine (1996) at Stanford University, California.
Content
History and Physical Examination. Screening and Case Finding. PSG and Cardiorespiratory Monitoring. Upper Airway Imaging. Alertness and Sleepiness Assessment. CPAP. Bilevel Pressure and Adaptive Servo-Ventilation for Obstructive and Complex Sleep Apnea. Auto- Positive Airway Pressure. Critical Factors in Positive Pressure Therapy. Noninvasive Positive Ventilation. Upper Airway Surgery in the Adult. Oral Appliances. Adjunctive and Alternative Therapies. Gender Differences. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Elderly. Medication Effects. Snoring and Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS). Central Sleep Apnea. Other Respiratory Conditions and Disorders. Other Sleep Disorders.
Neurologic Disorders. Medical Disorders. Legal Implications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. A Concluding Note and Future Directions
Neurologic Disorders. Medical Disorders. Legal Implications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. A Concluding Note and Future Directions