This second edition presents new material on the neurobiology of sleep, the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea, the relationship between apnoea and sudden infant death syndrome, snoring and apnoea treatment controversies, endocrine function and the pathophysiology of sleep apnoea, cardiovascular and neurophysiological consequences of sleep-disordered breathing.
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. . .designed for virtually every medical specialist who will find substantial contributions to understanding and clinical practice.
---Chicago Medicine Society
New technologies and their exploitation has increased our understanding of the biology of sleep. . ..The authors of the 29 chapters are at the forefront of investigations in the field and they have provided a useful, critical update.
---Lung
---Chicago Medicine Society
New technologies and their exploitation has increased our understanding of the biology of sleep. . ..The authors of the 29 chapters are at the forefront of investigations in the field and they have provided a useful, critical update.
---Lung
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The study of sleep is a discipline that is comparable in scope to the study of breathing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
asphyxial coma, nonrespiratory inputs, sleep apneic patients, thoracic pump muscles, upper airway loading, postural drive, wakefulness stimulus, mean apnea index, undergoing sleep studies, upper airway instability, apnea hypothesis, apnea activity, inspiratory cells, sleep hypoxemia, genioglossal activity, respiratory motor activity, ventilatory phase, posthyperventilation apnea, chemical control system, sleep hypoventilation, patients with sleep apnea, brainstem respiratory neurons, neuronal sets, nocturnal oxygenation, upper airway muscle activity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Brain Res, Sleep Res, Raven Press, Marcel Dekker, Head Neck Surg, American Physiological Society, Academic Press, Acta Physiol, Plenum Press, Los Angeles, Pierre Robin, Exercise Physiol, New Zealand, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Acta Med, Long-Term Evolution, Van Cauter, Chest Med, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Oxford University Press, Perinatal Medicine, Perinatology Press, San Diego, University of California New!
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The study of sleep is a discipline that is comparable in scope to the study of breathing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
asphyxial coma, nonrespiratory inputs, sleep apneic patients, thoracic pump muscles, upper airway loading, postural drive, wakefulness stimulus, mean apnea index, undergoing sleep studies, upper airway instability, apnea hypothesis, apnea activity, inspiratory cells, sleep hypoxemia, genioglossal activity, respiratory motor activity, ventilatory phase, posthyperventilation apnea, chemical control system, sleep hypoventilation, patients with sleep apnea, brainstem respiratory neurons, neuronal sets, nocturnal oxygenation, upper airway muscle activity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Brain Res, Sleep Res, Raven Press, Marcel Dekker, Head Neck Surg, American Physiological Society, Academic Press, Acta Physiol, Plenum Press, Los Angeles, Pierre Robin, Exercise Physiol, New Zealand, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Acta Med, Long-Term Evolution, Van Cauter, Chest Med, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Oxford University Press, Perinatal Medicine, Perinatology Press, San Diego, University of California New!
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