Sleep Medicine Pearls [Paperback]

Richard B. Berry MD (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1560532734 | ISBN-13: 978-1560532736 | Publication Date: January 15, 1999 | Edition: 1st

Each case begins with a brief clinical vignette accompanied by a sleep study tracing. The reader is encouraged to consider a differential diagnosis and formulate a plan for diagnosis and treatment. The subsequent page discloses the proper diagnosis followed by a discussion of the case, three or four clinical pearls that have been distilled from the case, and a few key references.

Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Hanley & Belfus; 1st edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560532734
• ISBN-13: 978-1560532736
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, simple, September 3, 2004

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Zeyad Morcos "Zeyad" (Fall River, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleep Medicine Pearls, Second Edition (Paperback)

This is an excellent book, I agree with the October 2000 review.
It is another book in the "pearls series". Almost 400 pages, divided in 22 Fundamentals of sleep medicine (112 cases), and appendix.
The first few fundamentals (25 cases) deal with sleep staging, monitoring, architecture, and MSLT. Cases 26 till 78 are devoted to Obstructive sleep apnea, Respiratory arousals and CPAP, etc, and central apneas. There several cases for PLMS, Parasomnia, Narcolepsy, seizure, insomnia (case 79 till 103). The last nine cases (104-112) deal with circadian sleep.
Each case starts with few lines of history and exam (neck, pharynx) tracing, and question. The next one page (often 2-3 pages) explains in great, concise, easily memorizable way a specific topic in sleep medicine. They are reach with graphics, tracings. The case ends with few-several pearls summarizing the discussion.
I keep learning from this excellent book. I think that every health care provider who likes to learn about sleep medicine will find it as an excellent introduction and good simple resource.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very practical for Sleep Medicine., September 24, 2005

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astropine (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleep Medicine Pearls, Second Edition (Paperback)

I am gearing this review towards passing the Sleep Medicine Boards, (see my other review about Bowman's Book). This book, by itself, will not be sufficient to pass the sleep boards, as it does not contain enough background information about neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, hormones, etc. However, if you are looking for a book to help you practice as a sleep medicine physician, then this book is excellent. It is well-written, well-organized, and extremely practical. Each section starts with background information, then gives a clinical case that stresses a specific point. It will help you practice your scoring, diagnosing artifacts, going through sleep logs, etc. I found this book extremely useful for the clinical questions on the sleep boards, and it is very easy to read. If Mr. Berry expanded his book and included more chapters on neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and pediatric sleep medicine, then this book would probably be better than Bowman's, simply because it is better written and better organized.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleep Medicine Pearls, October 12, 2000

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John P. Hey (Greenwood, MS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleep Medicine Pearls (Paperback)

This is one of the Pearl series in medicine. Dr. Berry uses one hundred and three clinical vignettes to illustrate one point of sleep medicine for each case. The line drawings and charts are succint and useful. In bite size doses (each can be studied in ten minutes or less) he makes it clear and rememberable. It is a nice book to carry with you or read by the bed or in the bathroom as you have time. The general physician can get a handle on the detailed field and also find "pearls" to help him in everyday practice with patients who have sleep problems.