Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, fragmented sleep, and other symptoms. This comprehensive text explores the advances in research, focusing on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and modern treatment approaches following the discovery of hypocretin neuropeptide loss.
Provides a comprehensive coverage of the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. It details new scientific discoveries, places those discoveries within evolutionary context, and links established findings with implications for sleep medicine. This second edition focuses on recent developments in the social nature of sleep and dreams. Coverage includes the neuroscience of all stages of sleep, the lifespan development of these sleep stages, the role of non-REM and REM sleep in health and mental health, comparative sleep, biological rhythms, sleep disorders, sleep memory, dream content, dream phenomenology, and dream functions.
A handbook designed for both neuromuscular physicians and sleep specialists, providing clinically relevant material regarding sleep issues and sleep-related problems common in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
A prescribing guide intended for medical, scientific, or health-care professionals, providing information on dosages, procedures, and diagnoses, intended as a supplement to professional judgment. The book emphasizes independent verification of information due to rapid advances in medical science.
This book addresses the mechanics of fracture of brittle materials (ceramics) specifically focusing on the discipline of prosthetic dentistry. It provides new perspectives and approaches to the topic of fracture mechanics within dental ceramics, responding to the need for updated information in the field.
A focused review covering key aspects of hematological diseases, including diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management principles, likely prepared for rapid reference or medical board examination preparation.
Ebook Info
Published: 2016
Number of pages: 1024 pages
Format: PDF
File Size: 111.21 MB
Authors: Ira D. Papel
Description
This fourth edition of Facial Plastic...
A quick and easy pocket tool designed to guide physicians, pharmacists, and nurses on how to effectively manage and stabilize common acute poisoning cases encountered in the kingdom.
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Published: 2015
Number of pages:
Format: PDF
File Size: 3.29 MB
Authors: Tony C. K. Tham
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Gastrointestinal Emergencies 3E provides practical, up-to-date...
A comprehensive guide detailing essential clinical procedures, best practices, and standards of care for practitioners working in primary eye care settings.
Ebook Info
Published: 2023
Number of pages: 350 pages
Format: PDF
File Size: 23.9 MB
Authors: Luigi F. Meneghini
Description
Medical Management of Type 2 Diabetes...
A comprehensive guide detailing the essential clinical anatomy of the face required for safe and effective administration of filler and botulinum toxin injections.
A comprehensive medical textbook, originally based on Sir Stanley Davidson's influential lecture notes. It provides students, doctors, and health professionals globally with the main elements of sound medical practice, emphasizing clarity and essential knowledge.
