Review of Sleep Medicine, Second Edition, is a comprehensive review-and-test workbook for preparation of the Sleep Board exam. Emphasizes the highlights of sleep medicine and recaps major points with figures, tables, and lists to guide readers. The second half is a mock examination for practice, which includes many polysomnogram segments and multiple epochs. Also included are 500 exam questions, a quick reference to drug effects relating to sleep medicine, and an appendix on sleep scoring basics

• Enables the user to practice for the exam with the same type of questions used in the exam itself.
• Provides the busy clinician a succinct summary of all aspects of working up the sleep disordered patient
• Offers very comprehensive and thorough answers and rationals so the user will know the why and how to think logically about the problem.

Section I. Highlights of Sleep Medicine

1. Synopsis of Sleep Medicine

2. Highlights of Sleep Neuroscience

3. Sleep Physiology

4. Sleep Breathing Disorders

5. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology

6. Hypersomnia Differential Pearls

7. Insomnia Differential Pearls

8. Evaluating Epilepsy

9. Polysomnographic Technique: An Overview

10. Medication Effects on Sleep

11. Pearls of Pediatric Sleep

Section II. Practice Exam for the Adventurous

12. Normal Sleep Patterns

13. Mechanisms of Sleep Neurosciences

14. Cardiopulmonary Disorders

15. Neurological Sleep Disorders

16. Sleep-Wake Disorders

17. Seizures

18. Artifacts

19. Pediatric Sleep Medicine

20. Pharmacology Mechanisms

21. Polysomnography Pearls

22. Clinical Cases Studies I

23. Clinical Cases Studies II

24. Knowing Practice Parameters

25. Sleep Journals Review

Section III. Valuable Resources

References

Appendix: Sleep Scoring Basics

By Teri J. Barkoukis, MD, FCCP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Pulmonary-Critical Care Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; and Alon Y. Avidan, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Neurology and Medical Director, UCLA Neurology Clinic; Associate Director, Sleep Disorders Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA