Sleep Issues in Neuromuscular Disorders

✍ Scribed by Raghav Govindarajan, Pradeep C. Bollu

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 173
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This concise text provides a quick reference to clinically relevant material in both sleep medicine and neuromuscular medicine. Divided into ten chapters, the book begins by laying the foundation for understanding sleep issues in neuromuscular disorders and moves on to offering an overview of sleep disorders in various neuromuscular conditions. Chapters feature practical advice in managing sleep issues, including an overview of noninvasive ventilation. The final part of the book provides useful tables, charts, pictures and flow charts for quick reference in sleep medicine and neuromuscular medicine. Filling a critical gap in the literature, this guide helps anyone treating neuromuscular patients understand the basics of sleep and neuromuscular disorders and its management.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
The Basics of Polysomnography (Prashanth Natteru, Pradeep C. Bollu)....Pages 1-21
Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure (Miguel Chuquilin, Nakul Katyal)....Pages 23-42
Sleep Issues in Motor Neuron Diseases (Sushma Yerram, Pradeep C. Bollu, Pradeep Sahota)....Pages 43-59
Sleep Issues in Myopathic Disorders and Muscular Dystrophies (Valentina Joseph, Joe Devasahayam, Munish Goyal)....Pages 61-71
Sleep Issues in Neuromuscular Junction Disorders (Prashant Natteru, Siva Pesala, Pradeep C. Bollu, Raghav Govindarajan)....Pages 73-94
Sleep Disorders in Peripheral Neuropathy (Satish Bokka, Raghav Govindarajan, Nakul Katyal)....Pages 95-100
Sleep Issues in Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders (Raja Boddepalli, Raghav Govindarajan)....Pages 101-116
Basics and Practical Aspects of Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation (Joe Devasahayam, Troy Whitacre, Tony Oliver)....Pages 117-127
Non-invasive Ventilation in NeuroMuscular Diseases (Hariharan Regunath, Troy Whitacre, Stevan P. Whitt)....Pages 129-138
Trouble Shooting with Noninvasive Ventilation (Vijay Kodadhala, Pradeep C. Bollu)....Pages 139-151
Back Matter ....Pages 153-170

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Pediatrics