Table of Contents

Chapter
Part One Introduction
1 Impact of Sleep on Respiration J Dempsey
2 Assessment of the Sleepy Patient J Krieger
Part Two Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
3 Epidemiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea T Young
4 Athogenesis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea D White
5 Clinical Features of Sleep Apnea W Flemons
6 Investigation and Diagnosis of Suspected Sleep Apnea K Strohl
Part Three Management
7 Management Options for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea P Levy and J-L Pepin
8 Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure C Sullivan
9 Surgical Management A Sher
10 Pharmacological Therapy of Sleep Apnea J Hedner
11 Oral Devices for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea J Fleetham
12 Significance and Management of Snoring without Sleep Apnea V Hoffstein
Part Four Complications
13 Neuropsychiatric/Behavioural C Guileminault
14 Cardiovascular Complications of Sleep Apnea J Stradling
15 Hormonal and Metabolic Aspects of Sleep Apnea R Grunstein
16 Morbidity, Mortality and Public Health Implications of Sleep Apnea S Redline
Part Five Central Sleep Apnea
17 Hypoventilation Disorders/Hyprcapnic CSA E Phillipson
18 Normo/Hypocapnic CSA T Douglas Bradley
Part Six Sleep Apnea in the Young and Elderly
19 Sleep Apnea in Infants and Children C Gaultier
20 The Elderly S Ancoli-Israel
Part Seven Sleep in Other Respiratory Disorders
21 Nocturnal Asthma N Douglas
22 COPD W McNicholas
23 Neuromuscular and Chest Wall Disorders R Grunstein
24 Instertitial Lung Disease, Cystic Fibrosis and Other Respiratory Disorders P Calverley