Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsCase 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
