Sleep Disordered Breathing, an Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics: Volume 1-4

by Max Hirshkowitz and Max Hirshkowitz MD PhD

Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders are associated with upper airway obstructions such as obstructive sleep apnea. If left untreated, sleep apnea can result in a growing number of health problems including hypertension, stroke, heart failure, irregular heart beats and heart attacks. In addition, untreated sleep apnea may be responsible for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes as well as academic underachievement in children and adolescents. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416039228
• ISBN13: 9781416039228
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.