Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment - Lung Biology in Health and Disease

Hardback (21 May 2002)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Considers the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiovascular disease, right and left ventricular dysfunction, and hypertension.

Sleep Apnea analyzes

  • techniques to identify, diagnose, and monitor sleep-induced upper airway obstruction
  • developments in functional brain imaging associated with sleep and sleep deprivation
  • advances in oral appliance and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapies
    and explores
  • breakthroughs in the establishment of genetic, environmental, and developmental factors of OSA
  • the significance of cytokines in sleep regulation
  • the effect of sleep on ventilatory control
    Summarizing landmark studies in the field and providing more than 2000 contemporary references to facilitate further scientific investigation, Sleep Apnea is an in-depth guide for pulmonologists; physiologists; chest, pulmonary, thoracic, and cardiovascular physicians and surgeons; cardiologists; respiratory therapists; clinical neurologists; sleep disorder specialists; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines.
  • Book information

    ISBN: 9780824703127
    Publisher: Taylor and Francis
    Imprint: CRC Press
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 616.2
    DEWEY edition: 21
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 703
    Weight: 1111g
    Height: 229mm
    Width: 152mm
    Spine width: 38mm