Overeem S., Reading P. (eds.) Sleep Disorders in Neurology: A Practical Approach

New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. — 328 p.Formulate treatment plans with confidence when you consult Sleep Disorders in Neurology, a helpful overview of both common and rare neurological disorders that are frequently accompanied by significant sleep disturbances. This concise guide explains when to consult a sleep specialist in managing a particular sleep disorder and draws on the expertise of neurologists who specialize in the disorders under discussion. This practical guide is fully illustrated and easily digested, providing a Counterpoint to large encyclopedic reference volumes. The authors take you from history taking and diagnostic testing, to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options, and are joined by disease sub-specialists in the chapters on disease specific sleep disturbances and the effects of common neurological medications on sleep.
This book is essential for sleep medicine specialists, as well as for clinicians and health care professionals not specifically trained in sleep medicine, but who nevertheless need to manage neurologically damaged patients with increasingly recognized sleep-wake disturbances.The Sleep History
Polysomnography: Indications, Interpretation, and Pitfalls
Daytime Tests for Sleepiness: Indications, Interpretation, and Pitfalls
Nosological Classification and Diagnostic Strategy
Pharmacological Treatment of Nocturnal Sleep Disturbances
Pharmacological Treatment of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Nonpharmacological Treatments
Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
Sleep Disorders in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
Sleep Disorders in Parkinson's-plus Syndromes
Sleep in other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Myotonic Dystrophy
Sleep and Breathing in Neuromuscular Disease
Headache Disorders
Sleep Epilepsies
Seizures Versus Parasomnias
Sleep-Wake Disorders following Traumatic Brain Injury
Sleep Disturbances after Stroke
Hypersomnias of Central Origin
Neuro-Immunological Disorders
Tumors and Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Effects of Medication on Sleep and Wakefulness