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Restless nights [electronic resource] : understanding snoring and sleep apnea / Peretz Lavie ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.Description: x, 274 p. : illUniform titles:
  • Lelot le-lo na�hat. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.2 21
LOC classification:
  • RC737.5 .L3813 2003
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Contents:
The breath of life -- Respiratory control -- The first pickwickian -- Rediscovery of the pickwickian patient -- Western innovations -- The dog dropped off and the experiment woke up -- From an exotic syndrome to a public health issue -- Risk factors for sleep apnea -- The syndrome's symptoms -- The price of awakenings -- At the temple of Morpheus -- Children and sleep apnea -- Sleep apnea, the heart, and the blood vessels -- From baroreceptors to free radicals -- Death at an early age and the paradox of old age -- Treatments for sleep apnea syndrome -- Sleeping under pressure: the big promise --A whole new understanding.
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"First published in Hebrew in 2002 by Yedioth Ahronot Books, Chemed Books, Tel Aviv"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The breath of life -- Respiratory control -- The first pickwickian -- Rediscovery of the pickwickian patient -- Western innovations -- The dog dropped off and the experiment woke up -- From an exotic syndrome to a public health issue -- Risk factors for sleep apnea -- The syndrome's symptoms -- The price of awakenings -- At the temple of Morpheus -- Children and sleep apnea -- Sleep apnea, the heart, and the blood vessels -- From baroreceptors to free radicals -- Death at an early age and the paradox of old age -- Treatments for sleep apnea syndrome -- Sleeping under pressure: the big promise --A whole new understanding.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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