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Obstructive Sleep Apnea : Diagnosis and Treatment / Diagnosis and treatment edited by Clete A. Kushida. - New York, NY : Informa Healthcare, c2007. - ix, 442 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Sleep disorders ; 4 . - Sleep disorders (New York, N.Y.) ; 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and physical examination / Ramsey, Khanna, Strohl -- Screening and case finding / George -- PSG and cardiorespiratory monitoring / Littner -- Upper airway imaging / Patel, Schwab -- Alertness and sleepiness assessment / Hirshkowitz -- CPAP / Buchanan, Grunstein -- Bilevel pressure and adaptive servo-ventilation for obstructive and complex sleep apnea / Gay -- Auto-positive airway pressure / Berry -- Critical factors in positive pressure therapy / Leibowitz, Aloia -- Noninvasive positive ventilation / Robert, Argaud -- Upper airway surgery in the adult / Sesso ... [et al.] -- Oral appliances / Cistulli, Darendeliler -- Adjunctive and alternative therapies / Mulgrew, Sigurdson, Ayas -- Gender differences / Krishnan, Collop -- Obstructive sleep apnea in children / Pelayo, Li -- Obstructive sleep apnea in the elderly / Fiorentino, Ancoli-Israel -- Medication effects / Dopheide -- Snoring and upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) / Stoohs, Aschmann -- Central sleep apnea / Badr -- Other respiratory conditions and disorders / Fanfulla -- Other sleep disorders / Bhatt, Chokroverty -- Neurologic disorders / Alattar, Vaughn -- Medical disorders / Ballard -- Legal implications of obstructive sleep apnea / Brown -- A concluding note and future directions / Dement.

ISBN: 9780849391828

LCCN: 2007000617

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sleep apnea syndromes.
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive--diagnosis.
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive--therapy.

LC Class. No.: RC737.5.O265 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 616.2/09

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WF 143 / O137 2007