Table of Contents

Section I: Sleep Medicine Exam Preparation

1. Introduction to Sleep Medicine 

 

Section II: Highlights of Normal Sleep

2. Sleep Phylogenic Evolution and Ontogeny

3. Normal Human Sleep Wake Patterns

4. Highlights of Sleep Neuroscience

5. Normal Sleep Physiology (Including Respiratory and Cardiac Physiology)

6. Genetics in Sleep Medicine

7. Introduction to Evaluation Tools Used in Sleep Medicine

8. An Overview of Polysomnography

9. Sleep Stage Scoring

 

Section III: Synopsis of Sleep Disorders

10. Sleep Deprivation

11. The Insomnias

12. Narcolepsy and Hypersomnias of Central Origin: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment

13. Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders: Clinical Features and Evaluation

14. Treatment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing

15. Circadian Rhythm Disorders

16. Diagnosis and Treatment of Parasomnias

17. Sleep-Related Movement Disorders

18. Overview of Electrocephalography and Epilepsy

19. Sleep and Neurological Disorders

20. Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders

21. Sleep in Medical Disorders and Special Populations

22. Pediatric Sleep-Wake Disorders

23. Synopsis of Geriatric Sleep Disorders

24. Cardiac Monitoring and Scoring in Polysomnography

25. Pharmacotherapy of Common Sleep Promoting Agents

26. Medication Effects on Sleep

27. Overview of Sleep Practive Parameters

Section IV: Testing Knowledge in Sleep Medicine: Practice Exams

28. Mechanism and Disorders of Circadian Physiology

29. Tools in Clinical Sleep Medicine

30. Practice Examination-Pediatric Sleep Disorders

31. Cardiology in Sleep Medicine

32. Pulmonary Sleep Clinical Case Studies

33. Psychiatry Clinical Case Studies

34. Insomnia Clinical Pearls and Case Studies

35. Neurology in Sleep Medicine: Polysomnography Case-Based Assessment

36. Hypersomnia Case Studies

37. Clinical Cases: Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders

38. REM and Non-REM Parasomnias

39. Seizures and Sleep

40. Sleep Related Movement Disorders

41. Sleep and Medical Disorders, and Special Populations

42. Sleep Pharmacology

43. Polysomnography Pearls

44. Sleep Stage Scoring

45. Artifacts

46. The Use of Statistics in Sleep Medicine-Exam Questions

47. Knowing your Sleep Practice Parameters

48. Quality Measures in Sleep Medicine

49. Normal Sleep Patterns

50. Mechanisms of Sleep Neuroscience

Appendices



Statistics in Medicine
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Statistics for Clinical Trials and Audit
Horne-Östberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire

About the Author

Dr. Avidan is Professor of Neurology at UCLA where he serves as Director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center. He completed his Neurology Residency at the Georgetown University Medical Center, and Fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He served as Visiting Professor of Neurology Education in the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN, and was selected to receive the 2014 American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Excellence in Education Award, for career contributions to education in sleep medicine. Dr. Avidan has published over 100 manuscripts on sleep disorders and had co-authored several books with Dr. Meir Kryger (a giant in the field). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and a Diplomate in the Specialty of Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Reviews

"This is an outstanding sleep medicine review book. It serves as an in-depth introduction to sleep medicine and it includes an excellent "test your knowledge" group of chapters. This could become a new alternative to standard textbooks in sleep medicine." Reviewed by Eduardo A De Sousa, MD, FAAN (University of Oklahoma College of Medicine) Doody's Score: 93, 4 Stars!