A Case a Week: Sleep Disorders from the Cleveland Clinic - Hardcover

Foldvary-Schaefer, Nancy; Krishna, Jyoti; Budur, Kumaraswamy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195377729 ISBN 13: 9780195377729

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Offering a practical approach to the introduction of sleep medicine, this easy-to-use, concise volume uses actual patient cases from the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center. A wide spectrum of diagnoses are included to expose the reader to the extensive range of sleep-wake disorders that a patient can experience. Written in a concise format designed to illustrate the signs and symptoms, diagnostic criteria, workup and routine treatment of patients presenting to the sleep clinic, this volume serves as a practical text perfect for the busy primary-care practitioner seeking to improve her knowledge of sleep-wake disorders. Whenever possible, tracings from diagnostic tests, photography, and video clips are provided to enhance clinical presentations and to aid in recognition of abnormities identified in the sleep laboratory.

About this title

About the Author

Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, D.O.
Director
Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center
Neurological Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Kumar Budur, MD
Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center
Neurological Institute
Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Jyoti Krishna, MD
Head, Pediatric Sleep Disorders
Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center
Neurological Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195377729
• ISBN 13: 9780195377729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440