Publisher's Synopsis
The field of sleep medicine has grown and advanced enormously in the past 20 years. Many advances, particularly in understanding sleep apnoea, have been controversial - with commercial considerations somtimes taking precedence over common sense when establishing practical, effective diagnostic approaches.;This book takes a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of sleep apnoea and related conditions, from the perspective of a general (respiratory) physician setting up a clinic for patients with sleep-related disorders of breathing. It gives the background information necessary to understand these conditions, and considers the clinical aspects that will be of most concern to the practising physician.;Specialists in other areas of medicine - particularly anaesthetists, neurologists, cardiologists, and psychiatrists - whose work also brings them into contact with certain aspects of respiratory sleep problems, should find this text a useful source of reference. J.R. Stradling is a contributor to the "Oxford Textbook of Medicine" (2nd edition).
