Title Statements
- Full title :Restless nights : understanding snoring and sleep apnea / Peretz Lavie ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2003
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2003
Notes
"First published in Hebrew in 2002 by Yedioth Ahronot Books, Chemed Books, Tel Aviv"--Title page verso
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 274 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300128956, 0300128959
- oclc:ocn228169600
- LC Classification:RC737.5
- Dewey Decimal:616.2
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.
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