Sleep Medicine Secrets or Positive Options for Hiatus Hernia

Sleep Medicine Secrets

Author: Damien R Stevens

In the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series®, the authors present key information on the diagnosis and management of the full array of sleep disorders. Each chapter asks a series of key questions and provides answers from leading authorities in the field. Ideal as a quick reference, but comprehensive enough to function as the clinical book of choice in sleep medicine.
• All the most important "need-to-know" questions-and-answers in the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series®
• Concise answers that include the author's pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets"
• Bulleted lists, algorithms, and illustrations for quick review
• Thorough, highly detailed index
• Thought-provoking questions that provide succinct answers
• Presentation of a vast amount of information

Table of Contents:

	Top secrets	1
I	Background, evaluation, and monitoring
1	Sleep medicine : history and literature of sleep medicine	9
2	Human sleep	15
3	Physiologic changes in sleep	23
4	Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology	29
5	Evaluation of patients with sleep disorders	39
6	Polysomnography	45
7	Other diagnostic tests in sleep medicine	65
II	Specific sleep disorders
8	Sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and primary snoring	73
9	Central sleep apnea	83
10	Narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnolence	91
11	Circadian rhythm disorders	99
12	Insomnia	107
13	Rapid-eye-movement parasomnias	115
14	Non-rapid-eye-movement parasomnias	121
15	Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder	125
16	Dreaming	135
III	Sleep and other medical conditions
17	Sleep and cardiovascular disorders	141
18	Sleep and medical disorders	149
19	Sleep and neurologic disorders	155
20	Sleep pharmacology	165
IV	Pediatric sleep
21	Pediatric polysomnography	173
22	Pediatric insomnia : limit-setting sleep disorder and sleep-onset association disorder	177
23	Pediatric partial arousal parasomnias	183
24	Sleep-disordered breathing, primary snoring, and sudden infant death syndrome	187
25	Pediatric sleep and medical disorders	195
V	Miscellaneous sleep issues
26	Forensic sleep medicine	209
	Appendix : The International Classification of Sleep Disorders revised 1997	213

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Positive Options for Hiatus Hernia: Self-Help and Treatment

Author: Tom Smith

Heartburn, coughing when lying down, pain in the upper chest or throat - these can all be signs of an often misunderstood condition: hiatus hernia. This book looks at all aspects of dealing with this condition, from diagnosis to self-care. Case studies discuss how individuals have successfully minimized symptoms and how dangerous complications can sometimes arise.