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.