Restless nights understanding snoring and sleep apnea / [electronic resource] :
Peretz Lavie ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
- x, 274 p. : ill.
"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.
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