This comprehensive atlas of tracings of polysomnographic studies covers the technical aspects of conducting studies, and includes the features of the various adult and pediatric sleep disorders.

• Comprehensive and contemporary atlas
• Discusses the significance of findings and their correlation with the clinical presentation of the patient
• Authoritative and well-organized

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

1. Polysomnograhic Study (PSG)
2. Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
3. Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)
4. Actigraphy
5. Video-PSG
6. Specialized Techniques
7. Computerized Recordings
8. Artifacts
9. Pitfalls of The Various Techniques
10. Electroencephalography (EEG): Standard and Extended Montage
11. Electro-oculography (EOG): Recording Technique and Pattern
12. Electromyography (EMG): Technique and Patterns From Mental, Submental, Tibialis Anterior and Other Muscles
13. Respiration Monitoring

RECOGNITION OF SLEEP STAGES INCLUDING SLEEP SCORING TECHNIQUE: NREM STAGES 1-4

14. REM: Tonic and Phasic
15. SPECIAL HYNOGRAM Analysis Sleep Onset REM
16. Sleep Fragmentation
17. First Night Effect
18. Slow Wave Sleep and REM Rebound Due To CPAP-BIPAP Titration
19. Circadian Phase Delay
20. Sleep Deprivation
21. Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP)
22. Arousal Pattern
23. Periodic Limb Moments in Sleep (PLMS)
24. Snoring

CLINICAL DISORDERS

25. Dyssomnias
26. Parasomnias
27. Neurodegenerative Diseases
28. Neuromuscular Disorders
29. Stroke
30. Epilepsy
31. Kleine-Leven Syndrome
32. Cardiac Arrhythmias In OSA
33. Periodic Breathing in Congestive Heart Failure
34. Overlap Syndrome
35. Fibromyalgia
36. Other Disorders

THERAPEUTICS

37. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
38. Bilevel Postitive Airway pressure (BiPAP)
39. Autotitration
40. Post Surgery/Dental Appliances

DRUG EFFECTS

41. Non-rapid Eye Movement (NREM) Sleep
42. REM Sleep

PEDIATRICS SLEEP MEDICINE

43. Montage For Pediatric PSG
44. Normal Awake and Sleep PSG In Newborn and Children
45. Sleep Scoring Techniques in Newborn Recordings with Examples of Normal Quiet
46. Active Sleep
47. Pediatric Case Examples

By Sudhansu Chokroverty, MD, FRCP, FACP, Professor of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla; Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ; Associate Chairman of Neurology, Chairman of Neurophysiology, and Director, Center of Sleep Medicine, Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center, NY; Robert J. Thomas, MD, MMSc, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; and Meeta Bhatt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, New York University Medical Center; Director, New York Sleep Institute, New York, NY