Overview
Offers a multidisciplinary approach to OSA
Presents implications of OSA in different medical specialties
Includes clinical cases reviews
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About this book
The book provides a comprehensive overview of the medical implications, pathophysiology, and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a disease that creates increased health risks, most notably those related to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems.
The opening chapters are dedicated to the definition of OSA, its diagnosis, and the treatment options. The following chapters address primary forms of disease presentation in each medical field, with the latest evidence.Given its characteristics, the book will enable the reader to adopt a broad strategy for evaluating and managing OSA patients. In addition, it will be a valuable resource for all the clinicians who treat sleep-disordered breathing, including otolaryngologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, neurologists, etc.
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rodolfo Lugo-Saldaña, MD, is a Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Instituto de Salud y Servicios Sociales para Trabajadores del Estado ISSSTE, in Monterrey Mexico where he serves as Medical Director of the Fellowship Program and the Sleep Breathing Disorders Center. Founder of the first university fellowship program in sleep breathing disorders and sleep surgery to otolaryngologists in Latinoamerica. He is board certified in Otolaryngology by the Mexican Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. He is Former President of the Mexican Federation of Otolaryngology's FESORMEX, Former President of the Mexican Rhinology & Facial Plastic Surgery Society SMRCPF and Former President of the Nuevo León Ent College. He is a member of the Mexican Sleep Research Society and the Mexican ENT Society SMORL. He has published four books about sleep breathing disorders treatments published in English and Spanish languages. He is co-founder and former president of the Iberoamérican Sleep Surgery Society SIBECS. He is a Spanish ENT Society SEORL and Venezuelan ENT Society SVORL member of honor.
Steve Amado is an Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon and Somnologist Specialist. He is an Associate professor of the undergraduate and postgraduate division of Otolaryngology, University Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. He is a thesis tutor in Somnology, and an author of several book chapters and journal articles. He is currently in private practice and manages referral patients across the country for the integral treatment of Sleep Apnea Disorders. He is an Associated consultant for National and International sleep laboratories. He is Former President of the Colombian association of Otolaryngology's (ACORL) and a board member of the Colombian Sleep society (ACMES) and Colombian Scientific Association (ACSC). He is co-founder and secretary of the Iberoamérican Sleep Surgery Society SIBECS.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Editors: Peter M. Baptista, Rodolfo Lugo Saldaña, Steve Amado
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35225-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35224-9Published: 26 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35227-0Due: 10 December 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-35225-6Published: 25 November 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 573
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 108 illustrations in colour
Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology, Pneumology/Respiratory System, Cardiology, Dentistry