Overview
This book is a clinically relevant and educational resource for sleep specialists, practitioners, and sleep or pulmonary trainees in the management of complicated sleep disordered breathing. It tackles complicated sleep breathing disorders by discussing their epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical significance, physical findings, and their diagnosis and management. Organized into 21 chapters, opening chapters cover a variety of sleep apnea manifestations including hypercapnic obstructive sleep apnea, complex breathing disorders and strokes. Subsequent chapters discuss detailed approaches to PAP titrations based on best evidence, current guidelines, or expert opinion. Treatment options, complications, comorbidities, and sleep apnea in specific demographics such as pregnant women are also addressed. Complex Sleep Breathing Disorders: A Clinical Casebook of Challenging Patients is a necessary resource for all sleep trainees and pulmonary fellows, as well as a resource for sleep specialists including sleep technicians.
Full Product Details
Author: Christine Won
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition: 1st ed. 2021
Weight: 0.486kg
ISBN: 9783030579418
ISBN 10: 3030579417
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 06 January 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Author Information
Christine Won, M.D., M.S.Associate Professor of MedicineSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep MedicineYale University School of MedicineMedical Director, Yale Centers for Sleep MedicineNew Haven, CT Dr. Won is the Director of the Women's Sleep Health Program at the Yale School of Medicine. She is a board certified sleep specialist who is also trained and certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine. Her clinical and research interests include complex sleep related breathing disorders, and sex-differences in sleep disordered breathing and hypersomnias. Dr. Won is the Director of the Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine. She is active in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, having served on their Education committee and Chaired the Sleep-disordered breathing section committee. She has served on the Program committee for the international SLEEP meeting. She is a member ofthe national VA Sleep Network, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Sleep Society. She is currently the President-elect for the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Won received her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her Sleep, Pulmonary and Critical Care, and undergraduate training at Stanford University.
