The text is based on actual cases of patients evaluated and managed at the sleep disorders centers of the Children's Memorial Hospital and the University of Chicago Hospitals. Each case is presented in detail, and will contain representative polysomnographic epochs. A comprehensive discussion of the differential diagnosis and representative pathology depicted then follows. For each category of sleep disorder, both adult and pediatric cases will be discussed, with emphasis on differences in a presentation of symptoms as well as polysomnographic pathology. This is a book of major importance on a topic that is of great impotance and relevance to doctors diagnosing sleep related disorders.
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Contents:
1. Introduction -
Learning From Clinical Problem Solving
2. Patients Presenting with Problem Sleeplessness
Case Studies
3. Patients presenting with Problem Sleepiness
Case Studies
4. Patients Presenting With Symptoms other than Sleepiness or Sleeplessness
Case Studies
Bibliography and Suggested Readings About the Authors: Dr. Stephen H. Sheldon, DO. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School. Director, Sleep Medicine Center, Children's Memorial Hopsital, Chicago
Dr. Jean-Paul Spire, MD. Professor of Neurology and Surgery, The University of Chicago. Director, Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Disorders Center, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics |
