Peretz Lavie: 2 books
Restless Nights
Understanding Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
People with severe sleep apnea may struggle for breath all through the night, not breathing for as long as ninety seconds at a time during their sleep. This syndrome, which affects at least four percent of men and two percent of women, can cause daytime fatigue, traffic and work accidents, deteriorating...
Sleep Disorders Handbook
A Handbook for Clinicians
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2002
Recent years have seen the rapid development of sleep medicine as a new medical subspecialty. It is estimated that at least 30% of the adult population suffer at least once from some sort of sleep disturbance. Patients with sleep disorders are frequently among the most difficult to treat and account for a high percentage of absenteeism in the workp