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Restless nights [electronic resource] : understanding snoring and sleep apnea / Peretz Lavie ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris.

By: Lavie, P. (Peretz), 1949-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003Description: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Uniform titles: Lelot le-lo naḥat. English Subject(s): Sleep apnea syndromes | SnoringGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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616.2 (Browse shelf) Available

"First published in Hebrew in 2002 by Yedioth Ahronot Books, Chemed Books, Tel Aviv"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.