ABSTRACT

Recent years have seen the rapid development of sleep medicine as a new medical subspecialty. It is estimated that at least 30% of the adult population suffer at least once from some sort of sleep disturbance. Patients with sleep disorders are frequently among the most difficult to treat and account for a high percentage of absenteeism in the workp

chapter 1|11 pages

History of sleep medicine

chapter 2|12 pages

Systemic function during normal sleep

chapter 3|4 pages

Hypersomnia: an introduction

chapter 4|26 pages

Sleep apnoea syndrome

chapter 5|5 pages

Periodic limb movement disorder

chapter 6|7 pages

Primary and other forms of hypersomnia

chapter 7|4 pages

Hypersomnia: summary and patient approach

chapter 8|17 pages

Insomnia

chapter 9|12 pages

Parasomnias