Sleep medicine [[electronic resource] ] : essentials and review / / Teofilo Lee-Chiong, Jr

• Autore: Lee-Chiong Teofilo L. <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1740 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8/498
• Soggetto topico: Sleep disorders; Sleep - Physiological aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Basic science of sleep -- Evaluation of sleep, and sleep disorders -- Insomnia -- Excessive sleepiness -- Sleep-related breathing disorders -- Circadian rhythm disorders -- Parasomnias and abnormal sleep-related movements -- Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder -- Sleep in the medical disorders -- Sleep in neurologic disorders -- Psychiatric and behavioral disorders -- Miscellaneous sleep disorders -- Sleep in infants, children and adolescents -- Sleep in older adults -- Sleep in women -- Medications and their effects on sleep.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sleep Medicine is one of the fastest growing fields of medicine and of strong interest to neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, pulmonologists, otolaryngologists, and the technologists who perform sleep studies. Almost all of the major medical centers in the US now have centers for sleep disorders. In 2007, sleep medicine will become an official medical subspecialty, with board examinations being administered by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Sleep Medicine: Essentials and Review will cover this new field by providing a book that can be used both as a practical, outline-style
• Titolo autorizzato: Sleep medicine
• ISBN: 1-282-54412-8; 9786612544125; 0-19-971926-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456500403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II