Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

By Meir H. Kryger, Thomas Roth, William C. Dement

Book Overview

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 3/e has been thoroughly revised with 45 entirely new chapters on the knowledge base of sleep medicine. The first half of the book reviews the basic sciences related to sleep, followed by a thorough review of sleep pathology in adults. This book covers the major topics of sleep apnea: narcolepsy, movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, and the broad field of insomnia. The book also reviews methodology used in the sleep laboratory. New nomenclature has been used throughout.Covers the entire field of adult sleep medicine in one compact resource.Broadly expanded to include new information on psychiatry, circadian rhythms, cardiovascular diseases, and sleep apnea treatment and diagnosis.
Basic sleep science review section serves as a perfect introduction for students and post-doctoral fellows.State of the art chapters are written by the worlds most prominent sleep specialists.
Chapters are profusely illustrated, offering examples of classical findings in sleep medicine.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721676707
• ISBN13: 9780721676708
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1336 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 2.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 4th ed.

A comprehensive text on sleep medicine. Just what I had expected.

Very useful book

Has a lot of great info if you are taking the BRPT exam or if you are just starting as a sleep tech.

Sleep medicine

Great book! Very complete chapters from the leaders in the field. Highly recommend it to anyone exploring sleep medicine.

A MUST FOR ALL SLEEP MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS

It explores all aspects of sleep medicine, including new information on geriatric patients. I did however liked the MSLT chapter better in the previous edition. Still can't put it down!.

State of the Art Manual for Sleep Medicine

Up to date, fully comprehensive text book on the science and practice of sleep medicine. Thorough discussions of physiology, behavioral aspects of normal sleep and disordered sleep. This is the gold standard for learning, reviewing or referencing in this field.