Restless Nights: Understanding Snoring and Sleep Apnea - Rilegato

Lavie, Peretz

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0300085443 ISBN 13: 9780300085440

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2003

Riassunto

People with severe sleep apnea may struggle for breath all through the night, not breathing for as long as ninety seconds at a time during their sleep. This syndrome, which affects at least four percent of men and two percent of women, can cause daytime fatigue, traffic and work accidents, deteriorating cognitive abilities, and cardiovascular problems. Yet until now there has been no accessible discussion of the history, physiology, and risk factors of sleep apnea. In this book Peretz Lavie, an expert in sleep research, tells the complete story of sleep apnea for the first time.
The book provides:

? an explanation of the symptoms of sleep apnea, including the most important one, snoring;

? an up-to-date description of the risk factors;

? a clear explanation why sleep apnea causes cardiovascular problems;

? a discussion of children’s breathing disorders in sleep;

? advice on how to get a consultation and diagnosis;

? evaluations of the treatments currently available;

? practical recommendations on how to live with the syndrome;

? interviews with the key figures in sleep apnea research;

? and more.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Peretz Lavie is Andre Ballard Professor of Biological Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He was one of the founders and is currently a board member of Sleep HealthCenters, which is affiliated with the Brigham & Women’s and Beth Israel hospitals in Boston.

Product Description

Book by Lavie Prof Peretz

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0300085443
• ISBN 13: 9780300085440
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 288