Sleep Issues in Neuromuscular Disorders

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. The Basics of Polysomnography

   • Prashanth Natteru, Pradeep C. Bollu

   Pages 1-21

3. Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure

   • Miguel Chuquilin, Nakul Katyal

   Pages 23-42

4. Sleep Issues in Motor Neuron Diseases

   • Sushma Yerram, Pradeep C. Bollu, Pradeep Sahota

   Pages 43-59

5. Sleep Issues in Myopathic Disorders and Muscular Dystrophies

   • Valentina Joseph, Joe Devasahayam, Munish Goyal

   Pages 61-71

6. Sleep Issues in Neuromuscular Junction Disorders

   • Prashant Natteru, Siva Pesala, Pradeep C. Bollu, Raghav Govindarajan

   Pages 73-94

7. Sleep Disorders in Peripheral Neuropathy

   • Satish Bokka, Raghav Govindarajan, Nakul Katyal

   Pages 95-100

8. Sleep Issues in Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders

   • Raja Boddepalli, Raghav Govindarajan

   Pages 101-116

9. Basics and Practical Aspects of Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation

   • Joe Devasahayam, Troy Whitacre, Tony Oliver

   Pages 117-127

10. Non-invasive Ventilation in NeuroMuscular Diseases

    • Hariharan Regunath, Troy Whitacre, Stevan P. Whitt

    Pages 129-138

11. Trouble Shooting with Noninvasive Ventilation

    • Vijay Kodadhala, Pradeep C. Bollu

    Pages 139-151

12. Back Matter

    Pages 153-170

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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.

• sleep disorders
• neuromuscular disease
• sleep apnea
• non-invasive ventilation
• motor neuron disease
• peripheral neuropathies
• pediatric neuromuscular disorders

• Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

  Raghav Govindarajan

• Department of Neurology, University of Missouri , Columbia, USA

  Pradeep C. Bollu

Raghav Govindarajan, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

Pradeep C Bollu, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

Dr. Govindarajan is a board certified neuromuscular physician with a special interest in sleep issues in neuromuscular disorders. His academic record includes 12 teaching awards, 3 grants, 10 research awards with more than 30 publications, 4 book chapters, multiple platform presentation, grand rounds and invited presentations. He has been awarded the Arnold P Gold Foundation's 'Golden Doc' award two times.

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