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Sleepless and Sleepy

50 Challenging Sleep Medicine Cases

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Editors:
  1. Alcibiades J. Rodriguez

    1. Medical Director, NYU Langone Comprehensive, Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center, Director, Neurology Sleep Medicine, Associate Professor of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA

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  • Covers 50 challenging clinical sleep medicine cases
  • Each case includes a differential diagnosis and teaching points
  • Edited and authored by leaders in the field

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This book presents 50 of the most interesting and challenging sleep medicine clinical cases encountered by leaders in the field. The cases encompass the full spectrum of sleep medicine, with topics covering neurology, pulmonology, psychiatry, psychology, ENT, and beyond. In addition, adults and pediatric cases will be covered.

 

Chapters that feature cases follow a similar format. A brief clinical history, is followed by physical examination, investigations/studies, differential diagnosis, discussion and management, and final or possible diagnosis. These cases are open to discussion and include teaching points.

 

50 Challenging Sleep Medicine Cases will intrigue residents interested in sleep medicine, sleep medicine fellows and professionals interested in case review for certification exams and to discuss unusual cases, as well as neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, neuropsychologists.

 

 

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Case 1. The Borderlands of Sleep-Wake Movements and Epilepsy

    • Hernando Pérez Díaz, Juan Jesús Rodríguez Uranga
    Pages 1-5

  3. Case 2. Sometimes Lightheadedness a Harbinger

    • Susan Muraida, Madeleine Grigg-Damberger
    Pages 7-11

  4. Case 3. Testosterone and Gender: Not What You Think

    • Jordan C. Stern
    Pages 13-16

  5. Case 4. “Despite of CPAP Therapy, My Husband Still Has a Disturbed Nocturnal Sleep”

    • Amaia Muñoz-Lopetegi, Carles Gaig
    Pages 17-22

  6. Case 5. Multiple Causes for Sleepiness

    • Joan Santamaria
    Pages 23-26

  7. Case 6. COVID-19, Breathing and Insomnia: There Is More Than One Story

    • Justa Elizabeth González Naranjo, Juan Enrique Bender del Busto
    Pages 27-32

  8. Case 7. Waking Up the Household

    • Steve A. Gibbs, Alex Desautels
    Pages 33-36

  9. Case 8. “Explosion in My Head is Waking Me Up”

    • Zuzana Belisova
    Pages 37-39

  10. Case 9. A Case of Opposites?

    • Rebecca Q. Scott
    Pages 41-46

  11. Case 10. Mom Knows Best: No So Transient

    • Rasik Shah
    Pages 47-50

  12. Case 11. Two Faces of the Medallion

    • Nida F. Tascilar, Carlos H. Schenck
    Pages 51-56

  13. Case 12. Watchful Waiting

    • Matthew T. Scharf, R. Nisha Aurora
    Pages 57-60

  14. Case 13. Measure Twice, Cut Once … or Not at All …

    • Boris Chernobilsky
    Pages 61-63

  15. Case 14. Snoring Vividly

    • Andrew J. Westwood
    Pages 65-67

  16. Case 15. Central Sleep Apnea and Worsening Headaches

    • John G. Park
    Pages 69-71

  17. Case 16. “I Am Scared I Will Die from Sleeplessness”

    • Mandana Mahmoudi, Alok Bhatt
    Pages 73-74

  18. Case 17. Difficulty Breathing, Difficulty Functioning

    • Daniel A. Barone
    Pages 75-77

  19. Case 18. “MAD That Stops Breathing”

    • Saif Mashaqi, Taaha Rafi
    Pages 79-82

  20. Case 19. Two for One Isn’t Always Better: When Is a Dual Diagnosis Problematic?

    • Xinyi Hong, Patrick Sorenson, Ashura Williams Buckley
    Pages 83-87
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical Director, NYU Langone Comprehensive, Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center, Director, Neurology Sleep Medicine, Associate Professor of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA

    Alcibiades J. Rodriguez

About the editor

Alcibiades J. Rodriguez, MD, FAASM

Medical Director  NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center

Director, Neurology Sleep Medicine    

Associate Professor of Neurology

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

724 Second Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sleepless and Sleepy

  • Book Subtitle: 50 Challenging Sleep Medicine Cases

  • Editors: Alcibiades J. Rodriguez

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18374-4

  • 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

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18373-7Published: 21 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18374-4Published: 20 March 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 244

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurology, Psychiatry, Pneumology/Respiratory System

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