Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine

Master the basics of sleep medicine with this easy to read, award-winning text! Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine, 2nd Edition, by Drs. Richard B. Berry, Mary H. Wagner, and Scott M. Ryals, is an ideal resource for sleep medicine fellows and trainees, sleep technicians, and sleep medicine practitioners as a concise, clinically focused alternative to larger references. Beginning with core content, it then proceeds to information useful for everyday practice—all written in a clear, direct style designed for quick and easy access.

Key Features

• Features video content that demonstrates common sleep disorders.
• Includes more than 350 updated multiple-choice questions and answers for self-assessment and board preparation.
• New! Offers concise Key Points at the end of each chapter, expanding on information from Drs. Berry and Wagner’s popular book Sleep Medicine Pearls to enhance your understanding.
• Provides updated references to AASM scoring guidelines and diagnostic criteria for sleep disorders.
• Illustrated with numerous diagrams, charts, and polysomnograms (sleep studies) to clarify complex concepts.
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

1 Sleep Stages and Basic Sleep Monitoring
2 Technology of Sleep Monitoring
3 Scoring Sleep Stages and Arousals in Adults
4 Biocalibration, Artifacts, and Common Variants of Sleep
5 Scoring Sleep stages and Arousals in Children
6 Sleep Architecture Parameters and Normative Data
7 Monitoring Respiration - Technology and Techniques
8 Monitoring Respiration - Event Definitions and Examples
9 Cardiac Monitoring and Scoring Rules
10 Monitoring of Sleep Related Movements
11 Portable monitoring, Actigraphy, Sleep Diary, pH Monitoring
12 MSLT and MWT
13 Case Studies in use of the MSLT
14 Evaluation of the Sleepy Patient
15 Sleep and Respiratory physiology
16 Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults
17 PAP treatment of OSA
18 Non-PAP treatment of OSA
19 Central Sleep Apnea
20 Complex Sleep Apnea and Hypoventilation Syndromes
21 Sleep and Chronic Lung Disease
22 Neurobiology of Sleep
23 Hypersomnias of Central Origin
24 Sleep Related Movement Disorders
25 Evaluation of the Patient with Insomnia
26 Insomnias
27 Behavioral Sleep Disorders of Children
28 Circadian Rhythm Physiology
29 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
30 Clinical EEG and video EEG
31 Parasomnias
32 Care Studies in Parasomnias
33 Sleep Related Epilepsy
34 Sleep and Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders
35 Sleep and GI physiology and associated Disorders
36 Sleep and Endocrine physiology
37 Sleep and Medical Conditions
38 Sleep and Neurological Conditions
39 Glossary

Author Information

By Richard B. Berry, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Florida in Gainesville; Fellow of American Academy of Sleep Medicine; Mary H. Wagner, MD, Director of the Pediatric Sleep Program at University of Florida Health Sleep Disorders Center; Professor of Pediatrics in the Pediatric Pulmonary Division at the University of Florida in Gainesville; Scott M. Ryals, MD, Sleep Physician at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC and Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

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