Narcolepsy [electronic resource] : a clinical guide / Meeta Goswami, S.R. Pandi-Perumal, Michael J. Thorpy, editors.
Goswami, Meeta, editor.; Pandi-Perumal, S. R., editor.; Thorpy, Michael J., editor.
2016
RC549
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Title Narcolepsy [electronic resource] : a clinical guide / Meeta Goswami, S.R. Pandi-Perumal, Michael J. Thorpy, editors.
Edition Second edition.
ISBN 9783319237398 (electronic book)
331923739X (electronic book)
9783319237381
3319237381
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23739-8
Published Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-23739-8 doi
Call Number RC549
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.8/498
Summary This comprehensive resource covers the current thoughts and trends on narcolepsy, as well as cutting-edge evidence-based research. Updates from the previous edition include advances in diagnostic guidelines, treatments, protocols and clinical and psychosocial considerations. Aspects of narcolepsy relating to sleep medicine, neurology, psychiatry and public health are featured throughout the text. Narcolepsy, 2nd Edition provides clinicians and allied health professionals with patient management modalities, clinical and quality of life issues and best practices for health care delivery.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 5, 2016).
Added Author Goswami, Meeta, editor.
Pandi-Perumal, S. R., editor.
Thorpy, Michael J., editor.
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Section I
Etiology
1. The Genetics of Narcolepsy
2. Orexin (Hypocretin) and Narcolepsy
3. Precipitants of Narcolepsy: Vaccines and Infections
Section II
Clinical Considerations
4. Epidemiology of Narcolepsy
5. Diagnostic Criteria and Delay in Diagnosis of Narcolepsy
6. Narcolepsy in Childhood
7. Narcolepsy in the Older Adult
8. Hypnagogic Hallucinations and Sleep Paralysis
9. Symptomatic Narcolepsy or Hypersomnia, with and without Hypocretin (Orexin) Deficiency
10. Hypersomnias Other than Narcolepsy: Differential Diagnosis
11. Narcolepsy and Other Comorbid Medical Illnesses
12. Sleep Disorders Comorbidities in Narcolepsy and their Management
13. Neuroimaging of Narcolepsy
Section III
Psychosocial Considerations
14. Quality of Life and Psychosocial Issues in Narcolepsy: Implications for Management
15. Narcolepsy, Intimacy and Sexuality
16. Memory and Cognition in Narcolepsy
17. Psychoanalysis and Narcolepsy
18. Dreaming in Narcolepsy
19. Narcolepsy and Mental Illness
20. Narcolepsy, Driving and Traffic Safety
Section IV
Management
21. Overview of Management of Narcolepsy
22. Modes of Action of Drugs Related to Narcolepsy: Pharmacology of Wake-Promoting Compounds and Anticataplectics
23. Modafinil/Armodafinil in the Treatment of Narcolepsy
24. Sodium Oxybate in the Treatment of Narcolepsy
25. Pregnancy and Anaesthesia in Narcolepsy
26. Emerging Treatments for Narcolepsy
27. Behavioral and Non-Pharmacological Management of Narcolepsy
Section V
Health Care Delivery and Medico-Legal Considerations
28. Narcolepsy and Developmental Disability
29. Succeeding in School and in the Workplace with Narcolepsy
30. Medico-Legal Aspects of Disability in Narcolepsy
31. The Affordable Care Act and the Future of Sleep Medicine.

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