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This single volume surgical atlas-like book contains precise descriptions of modern surgical techniques in rhinology and sleep apnea surgery. Chapters are contributed by surgeons with extensive experience, who have already published on the specific procedure described. Each chapter contains diagrammatic or illustrative descriptions of surgical techniques, and provides tips for avoiding complications when the procedures are performed. This comprehensive work serves as a valuable resource for otolaryngologists in training to augment their surgical education and for practicing otolaryngologists as a review source to best approach the surgical pathologies they encounter in their practice of rhinology and treatment of sleep apnea.

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Sleep disorders cause considerable morbidity and distress in the aging population. By highlighting the clinical diagnosis and management of sleep disorders, this volume provides a valuable resource for all those involved in health care of older individuals. The changes in sleep patterns that occur during normal aging are described, followed by authoritative chapters on the presentation of various age-related sleep disorders. The book deals with the range of therapeutic measures available for managing these disorders and gives insight to potential areas of research that have emerged in the last few years, such as the study of circadian rhythms in later life, sleep patterns associated with co-morbidities and the use of quality-of-life measurement tools to determine sleep quality as we age. This volume is relevant to sleep disorders specialists, psychiatrists, geriatricians and gerontologists, and any professionals and researchers working in the interdisciplinary areas of sleep and aging. ... Read more

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How to Sleep Like A Baby Even if You Have Sleep Apnea! Have You Been Told Over And Over Again That You Snore A Lot, But You Choose To Ignore It?

Have you been experiencing lack of sleep at night and find yourself waking up in the wee hours of the morning to find yourself gasping for air? You have a few more hours to sleep before it's time to get up, but you're having difficulty going back to sleep. You realize that it's only 1:30 in the morning. It is still dark and you are the only one struggling to get some more shut eye.

You could possibly be suffering from sleep apnea and not even know it. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that causes you to stop breathing for short intervals. This disorder is not easily detected because it happens while you are sleeping. If your condition goes untreated, you can suffer serious medical issues later on.

In this guide on Sleep Apnea, you will find out what this sleep disorder is about and what you can do to treat it.

* Four things that can put you at risk for developing sleep apnea

* The three types of categories of sleep apnea

* Signs and symptoms of sleep apnea

* Why it is more than just chronic snoring to diagnose this sleep disorder

* How one of the sleep apnea categories affects the throat muscles

* What happens when you have low levels of oxygen ... Read more

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Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide. Lung Biology in Health and Disease, Volume 71. New edition of a volume in the series on research in sleep-disordered breathing. Examines neurobiological aspects and specific disorders. Previous edition 1984. 57 contributors, 33 U.S. DNLM: Respiration. ... Read more

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Affecting 20 to 30 % of children under the age of five, sleep disorders can seriously affect a child's health.This authoritative guide illustrates the consequences of sleep disordered breathing and offers a state-of-the-art overview of methods to identify, diagnose, and treat sleep disorders in children.Covering the latest research related to the medical and surgical management of disease, high-risk groups, psychosocial effects, and the examination of sleep study results, this source helps practitioners understand normal sleep patterns, recognize common sleep conditions, and implement appropriate care protocols for optimum patient health. ... Read more

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Abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disease associated with significant morbidity and use of health care resources. Therapy with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices has low risk and a potentially large benefit in treating this disease. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a memo revising their earlier position that authorized payment for CPAP only if formal polysomnography (PSG) was performed and was diagnostic for OSA. The revised memo states that CMS will be pay for CPAP therapy for 12 weeks (and subsequently if OSA improves) for adults diagnosed with either PSG or with unattended home sleep monitoring devices. The use of portable home monitoring devices can greatly increase access to diagnosis and treatment of OSA. However, these devices must be used as part of a comprehensive sleep evaluation program that includes access to board-certified sleep specialists, PSG facilities, and therapists experienced in fitting and troubleshooting CPAP devices.
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Discover How to Get Rid of Your Sleep Problems Naturally … So You Can Start Getting the Deep, Restful Sleep You Need!
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How to create a bedtime schedule so that your body can learn how to fall asleep without medication – start following these tips and you’ll be falling asleep faster and sleeping better in no time!
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The four steps of a successful sleep strategy – you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to fall asleep when you follow these simple steps!
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11 tips for creating a “sleep-conducive environment” – follow these tips and you’ll soon be sleeping like a baby!
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The effect sleep equipment (such as your mattress, pillows, sheets, etc.) can have on the quality of your sleep – and how to select the right equipment to ensure you get a good night’s sleep!
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10 self-help techniques that you can use to start sleeping better immediately – you’ll be amazed at how effective these natural techniques actually are!
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The effect diet can have on your sleep patterns – find out here what you should be eating and when you should be eating it to ensure you get a good night’s sleep!
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Herbal remedies and supplements that may help you sleep better – find out what supplements are really worth your money here!
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on November 15, 2005. The length of the article is 718 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Apnea in pregnancy could pose threat to fetus.(Women's Health)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 15, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35Issue: 22Page: 54(1)

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Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Presents research on breathing patterns and behaviors during sleep in children. Covers the physiology of sleep development and breathing rhythms, the normal and abnormal maturation of sleep from childhood through adolescence. For clinicians. ... Read more

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Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders are associated with upper airway obstructions such as obstructive sleep apnea.If left untreated, sleep apnea can result in a growing number of health problems including hypertension, stroke, heart failure, irregular heart beats and heart attacks. In addition, untreated sleep apnea may be responsible for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes as well as academic underachievement in children and adolescents.This issue presents the very latest information for physicians to help them diagnose and treat this disorder. ... Read more

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The FIRST and ONLY Training Guides dedicated to teaching the art of Polysomnography. The Complete Training Guide for Mastering the BRPT Exam. A useful Introductory Guide for Physicains entering the Sleep Disorders field. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Not for the unknowing
If you do not know a lot about being a Polysomnographer, this book will not help you.It is NOT for the lay person.A lot is assumed.

Dyane

Wide awake and learning
Even though this book has many typos the information and the way it reads makes up for them.I learned a lot!

Great beginner Book!
I would recommend this book to anyone wanting an introduction to Sleep Studies. It starts out very basic and advances to the more complex.The author has it written in small learning blocks which I thinks is a fantastic way to learn. I would like to thank Dr. Kilkenny for taking the time to write a super Fundamental text. Jim Burgin, MA, RRT, CPFT

REALLY GOOD TEXT NEEDS MINOR REVISIONS
I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS REVIEWERS THAT THE TEXT NEEDS SOME REVIEW BUT I AM UNAWARE OF ANY OTHER TEXT THAT COMPLETELYDEALS WITH THE FIELD OF POLYSOMNOGRAPHY. AFTER READING THE TEXT AND THE WORKBOOK I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN TAKING THE BOARDS. ANY MORE PROJECTS FROM THE AUTHOR?

A must for beginning first year technicians
The good outweighs the bad as proposed by another reviewer. I agree the proofreader(if there was any) was out to lunch. But the content was easy to understand and was varied in the subject matter enough to know the basics. The workbook is better with 200+ test-like questions and enough scoring epochs to help you find staging and events. These were just a couple of the books I used to pass the Dec 2003 registry the first time. A lab could buy these and the information would be relevant for years to come. ... Read more

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Sleep related breathing disorders have been known for many years to be an important cause for daytime disability. This book supplies an overview of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for this disease. A lecture on sleep in normal subjects, patients with obstructive pulmonary diseases with special emphasis on the combination of COPD with coexisting sleep apnea by J.N. Douglas is followed by an article about pulmo nary hemodynamics in sleep apnea by J. Kriegler. J.H. Peters gives a lecture on the epidemiology of sleep related breathing disorders, and H. Rauscher presents a stepwise diagnostic procedure to sleep apnea. J.R. Stradling makes some fairly controversal statements about current treatment and goes on to describe the nasal CPAP. The book is completed by Round table discussion about current and future perspectives in sleep apnea. ... Read more

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Featuring text in English and French, this title contains proceedings of the Symposium on Sleep and Cardiorespiratory Control held in Kremlin-Bicetre (France), 12-13 September 1991. ... Read more

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A representative cross section of the latest work in sleep research is presented in this book based on the international symposium "Sleep and Health Risk" held in Marburg in 1989. Clinical work, basic research and methodology are described by leading specialists in the field. The clinical topics cover both the diagnosis and therapy of various sleep and sleep-related disturbances. The methodology section includes the newest observation and analysis techniques. Other sections discuss neurological aspects, sleep-related breathing disorders, occupational medicine, cardiovascular diseases, pediatrics, endocrinology and the psychiatry of insomnia. ... Read more

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Churchill Hospital, Oxford, U.K. Text for respiratory physicians on the diagnosis and management of sleep apnea and related disorders, based on sleep clinic experience. Includes nonrespiratory differential diagnoses. DNLM: Sleep Apnea Syndromes - handbooks. ... Read more

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Univ. of Illinois, Chicago. Text addresses experimental preparations designed to explore the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and behavioral consequences of sleep-related breathing disorders. Focuses on animal-based experimental approaches to improve current diagnostic and therapeutic practices. Written in expanded-outline format. ... Read more

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Discusses the evaluation and treatment of patients with sleep problems. For clinicians and researchers. DNLM: Sleep Disorders. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Great book written by a pioneer of sleep medicine
Michael Aldrich, M.D., has written an excellent book that reviews how we see sleep, what experimental evidence supports how we think about sleep, and the full array of sleep disorders clearly an concisely.

As one of the leaders in the field of sleep medicine, Dr Aldrich has a depth of knowledge of the subject that does not weigh down the text, but informs it.Great thinkers' and writers' quotes on sleep are sprinkled liberally throughout, and provoke thought.

Great clinical information, case studies, and treatment reviews.

An excellent resource for residents and fellows as a comprehensive introduction to the subject, or any other health practitioner.I plan to keep it on my bookshelf for reference during my primary care practice. ... Read more