Product Description: The art and science of sleep medicine is clearly coming of age, but remains young enough that novel observations and new treatments are reaching the literature rapidly. These two issues of Respiratory Care Clinics of North America (December 2005 and March 2006) are an impressive and complete review of the history and future of sleep medicine...read more

Product Description: Sleep medicine is one of the most rapidly growing specialties in medicine. This, the first of two books on polysomnography for respiratory care practitioners, includes discussions on: sleep neurophysiology; basic principles of polysomnography including electrical concepts; clinical assessment of the sleep patient; instrumentation and electrode placement; artifact recognition and troubleshooting; electrocardiography; sleep electroencephalography; respiratory physiology during sleep; monitoring respiration and nocturnal oximetry; positive airway pressure and oxygen therapy; monitoring limb movements; and portable sleep monitoring...read more