Sleep and Health Risk

The latest work in sleep research is presented in this volume; it covers all the interdisciplinary aspects.

1 Sleep and Health Risk: Methodology.- The Present State of Ambulatory Monitoring of Sleep.- Problem-Oriented Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders Using Computerized Methods.- Computer-Assisted Polysomnography.- Vitalog "Lunchbox" Home Monitor for Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- A Mobile Ten-Channel Unit (Sidas 2010) for the Diagnosis of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders.- Model-Based Sleep Analysis.- A New Method of Electroencephalographic Analysis for the Determination of Stable and Unstable Processes.- 2 Sleep and Health Risk: Epidemiology.- Two-Peak 24-Hour Patterns in Sleep, Mortality, and Error.- Sleepiness in an Adult Population: Prevalence, Validity, and Correlates.- Epidemiology and Natural History of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- Insomnia and Menopause Among Middle-Aged Women: An Epidemiological Survey of Icelandic Women.- Symptoms and Findings in 489 Outpatients with Suspected Sleep Apnea.- Long-Term Evolution of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- 3 Sleep and Health Risk in Neurology.- Physiological Risks During Sleep.- Health Risks Associated with Autonomic Nervous System Malfunction.- Sleep Disturbances Caused by Rest-Dependent Muscular and Motor Dysfunctions.- Health Risk Narcolepsy: Evidence for an Involvement of Alpha-Adrenergic Mechanisms.- Sleep-Related Respiratory Impairment in Muscular and Skeletal Diseases.- Ambulatory Monitoring of Sleep-Related Panic Attacks.- Psychological Problems Correlated with Sleep Apnea.- Interaction and Classification of Sleep and Health Risk.- 4 Sleep and Health Risk: Breathing Disorders.- Central Venous Oxygen Saturation, Abnormal Gas Exchange, and Rate of Fall of Arterial Oxyhemoglobin Saturation During Obstructive Apnea.- Advances in Respiration Acoustic Monitoring.- Variability of Breathing Pattern.- Sleep andAsthma.- Mechanical Ventilation in the Treatment of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders.- The Efficiency of the MESAM System in Long-Term Control of nCPAP Therapy.- Cyclical Variation of Heart Rate in Sleep Apnea Before and Under Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy.- Prevalence of Oxygen Desaturations and Associated Breathing Disorders During Sleep in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.- Maxillomandibular Advancement for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- Results of ENT Examination in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy.- 5 Sleep and Health Risk in Occupational Medicine.- Shift Work and Sleep Disturbances.- Sleep Apnea and Accidents: Health Risk for Healthy People?.- Association Between Sleep Disturbances and Blood Pressure in Shiftworkers.- 6 Sleep and Health Risk in Cardiovascular Diseases.- Blood Pressure in Sleep-Related Disordered Breathing: A Hypothesis.- Changes in General Circulation in Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders and Arterial Hypertension.- Investigations of Arterial Baro- and Chemoreflexes in Patients with Arterial Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- Analysis of Central Apnea in Patients with and Without Left Ventricular Failure.- Increased Sympathetic Activity as Possible Etiology of Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- Changes in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction During Arterial REM Sleep Desaturation and Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- Pulmonary Hemodynamics in the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- Pulmonary Artery Pressure During Central Sleep Apnea.- Prevalence of Sleep Apnea in Patients Without Evidence of Cardiac Disease.- Nocturnal Myocardial Ischemia and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders.- Blood Pressure Behavior in Patients with Sleep Apnea Under Cilazapril Versus Metoprolol.- 7 Sleep and Health Risk in Infancy.- Respiratory Adaptation During Sleep in Infants and Children: Risk Factors.- Infant Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Near-Miss Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the Development of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- Respiratory Mechanisms During Sleep That Might Be Responsible for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.- Respiratory Control Development and Sleep States in Newborns and During the First Weeks of Life in Humans.- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Risk Reduction.- Children Intolerant to Cow's Milk May Suffer from Severe Insomnia.- Indications of Sleep-Related Upper Airway Obstruction in Children.- Development, Disturbances, and Training of Respiratory Regulation in Infants.- Daytime Hypoxia, Sleep Disturbance, Nocturnal Hypoxaemia and Retarded Growth in Young Children Who Snore (Before and After Adenotonsillectomy) Compared with Control Children.- Pathophysiological Study of the Respiratory Disturbance Caused by Adenoid-Tonsillar Hypertrophy.- Unreliability of Apnea Monitoring in Infants with Sleep-Dependent Hypoventilation.- 8 Sleep and Health Risk: Endocrinology.- Interactions Between the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal System and Sleep in Humans.- Circardian Rhythms of Biogenic Amines in Health, Stress, and Depression.- Changes in Volume- and Pressure-Regulating Hormone Systems During Nasal CPAP Therapy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- Nighttime and Daytime Water and Sodium Excretion in Patients with the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.- 9 Sleepand Health Risk: Insomnia.- Health Risk of Insomnia.- Sleep Quality and Health: Description of the Sleep Quality Index.- From Sleep Disorders to Hypnotic Use:What Happens in the French Population.- Prognostic Significance of EEG Sleep Changes in Late-Life Depression.