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Control of Breathing during Sleep: From Bench to Bedside

Susmita Chowdhuri, M. Safwan Badr, James A. Rowley, 2022000122, 2022000123, 9780367430115, 9780367556259, 9781003000631, 978-0367430115, 978-0367556259, 978-1003000631

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English | 2022 | PDF

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This book describes control of ventilation during sleep in both health  and disease states. The topics are presented in a fashion that can be  easily comprehended with many figures to illustrate complex concepts.  Thus, a wide range of topics, starting from the site of normal  respiratory rhythm generation to chemoreceptor control of sleep apnea,  description of the apneic threshold, pathophysiology of upper airway  closure, novel techniques to measure control of breathing, effect of  cerebral blood flow on breathing, effect of opioids on ventilation,  effect of heart failure on ventilation, genetic aspects of breathing  disorders, age and gender differences, and various therapies are  discussed.

Key Features
• Helps to bridge the gap between  straight forward physiology and clinical practice through a range of  topics and use of case vignettes
• Explores various aspects of  clinical management and control which is beneficial to sleep clinicians,  respiratory physiologists, intensivists, trainees, and researchers.
•  Distills complex concepts into understandable language and figures,  providing helping resource to the clinicians, that transforms a dry  topic vis a viz control of ventilation into an exciting understandable  ‘clinician’ language.