Main description:

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.

Contents:

Case 1. The borderlands of sleep-wake movements and epilepsy

Case 2. Sometimes lightheadedness a harbinger

Case 3. Testosterone and gender: not what you think

Case 4. Despite of CPAP therapy, my husband still has a disturbed nocturnal sleep

Case 5. Multiple causes of sleepiness

Case 6. COVID-19, breathing and insomnia. There is more than one story.

Case 7. Waking up the household

Case 8. "Explosion in my head waking me up"

Case 9. A case of opposites?

Case 10. Mom knows the best: no so transient

Case 11. Two faces of the medallion

Case 12. Watchful waiting

Case 13. Measure twice, cut once...or not at all...

Case 14. Snoring vividly

Case 15. Central apnea and worsening headaches

Case 16. "I am scared I will die from sleeplessness"

Case 17. Difficulty breathing, difficulty functioning

Case 18. MAD that stops breathing

Case 19. Two for one isn't always better: when is a dual diagnosis problematic?

Case 20. The mysterious mustache

Case 21. Is there a link between insomnia and diet?

Case 22. Not your typical sleepy adolescent

Case 23. Sleep Trauma

Case 24. Getting to the heart of the matter

Case 25. Movements come in different ways

Case 26. Sometimes sleep hygiene is not just sleep hygiene

Case 27. Storage wars

Case 28. Sleeping up an appetite

Case 29. Not all sleep studies are the same, timing and teaming are essential

Case 30. Cyclical insomnia and hypersomnia

Case 31. Restless Pelvis

Case. 32. A young child with sleep onset insomnia and "weird" feelings in his legs

Case 33. Hallucinations may be the clue

Case 34. Hard to diagnose, hard to treat

Case 35. High pressure situation

Case 36. A cerebral change in eating behavior

Case 37. "I'm not schizophrenic!" Is it catalepsy or cataplexy?

Case 38. A sleepy patient with "epileptic seizures" and disturbed night sleep

Case 39. Behind the sleepiness

Case 40. All stress and no rest

Case 41. Night terrors are not always what they seem

Case 42. Asleep or Not Asleep, That is the Question

Case 43. "Somebody is standing by my bed when I am falling asleep"

Case 44. Timing is everything

Case 45. Lullaby and goodnight say goodbye to these spikes...

Case 46. Breathing is not the complete story

Case 47. Rapidly progressing obstructive sleep apnea

Case 48. Unusual cause of worsening AHI on CPAP download

Case 49. The therapeutic labyrinth of multimorbidity

Case 50. My legs move when I lie down

Case 51. Sleepless could be fatal