Sleep Disorders

Approximately 40 million people in the United States suffer from chronic long-term sleep disorders each year and an additional 20 million people suffer occasional sleep problems. This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics presents to the otolaryngologist the most up-to-date clinical information on diagnosis and testing of patients with this disorder. It covers: physiology of sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing; interpretation of adult polysomnograms; interpretation of pediatric polysomnograms; home sleep studies; diagnostic studies to evaluate the site of obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea patients; C-PAP for the treatment of sleep apnea; surgery of the palate and oropharynx; surgery for hypopharyngeal obstruction; surgery for pediatric sleep apnea; pre and postoperative management of obstructive sleep apnea patients; success and failures in treating Sleep Apnea patients.