Restless nights : understanding snoring and sleep apnea / / Peretz Lavie ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris.
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
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| Physical Description: | x, 274 p. :; ill. |
| Notes: | "First published in Hebrew in 2002 by Yedioth Ahronot Books, Chemed Books, Tel Aviv"--T.p. verso. |
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Table of Contents:
- The breath of life
- Respiratory control
- The first pickwickian
- Rediscovery of the pickwickian patient
- Western innovations
- The dog dropped off and the experiment woke up
- From an exotic syndrome to a public health issue
- Risk factors for sleep apnea
- The syndrome's symptoms
- The price of awakenings
- At the temple of Morpheus
- Children and sleep apnea
- Sleep apnea, the heart, and the blood vessels
- From baroreceptors to free radicals
- Death at an early age and the paradox of old age
- Treatments for sleep apnea syndrome
- Sleeping under pressure: the big promise
- A whole new understanding.