MANAGEMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

<DIV>THIS BOOK PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON THE ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS, DIAGNOSIS, AND SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA).&NBSP;</DIV><DIV>DIVIDED INTO FIVE PARTS, THE BOOK BEGINS WITH PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF OSA AND ITS DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS. SUBSEQUENT PARTS THEN ADDRESS NON-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, AND MAXILLOMANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENTS FOR OSA. CHAPTERS SEEK TO APPROACH THIS COMMON DISORDER FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF MULTIPLE SPECIALTIES, THEREBY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROAD STRATEGY FOR THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OSA PATIENTS THAT DRAWS ON EACH OF THEM.&NBSP;</DIV><DIV>AN INVALUABLE REFERENCE,&NBSP;<EM>MANAGEMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEXTBOOK&NBSP;</EM>MEETS THE NEEDS OF ADVANCED DENTAL AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, ORTHODONTIC, MAXILLOFACIAL, ENT, NEUROLOGY, AND PLASTIC SURGERY RESIDENTS, AND SLEEP MEDICINE AND PULMONARY PHYSICIANS.??</DIV>

<P><B>PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALS: </B>INTRODUCTION.- ANATOMICAL ASPECTS OF AIRWAY.- CLASSIFICATION OF SLEEP-RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS.- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OSA.- PEDIATRIC SLEEP-RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS.- HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF OSA.- PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT OF OSA. <B>DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS: </B>CLINICAL EVALUATION OF OSA PATIENTS.- TEMPOROMANDIBULAR EVALUATION.- OBESITY AND OSA.- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING (POLYSOMNOGRAPHY AND HOME SLEEP APNEA TESTING).- AIRWAY IMAGING.- CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY RELATED TO OSA.- CRANIOFACIAL SYNDROMES AND SLEEP-RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS.- BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH OSA.- ORTHODONTIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR OSA PATIENTS. <B>NON-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE OSA PATIENT: </B>CONSERVATIVE OPTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT FOR OSA.- POSITIVE AIRWAY THERAPY (CPAP, APAP AND BPAP).- ORAL APPLIANCE THERAPY.- EMERGING THERAPIES. <B>SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE OSA PATIENT: </B>SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR OSA PATIENTS.- TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY.- NASAL SURGERY FOR OSA PATIENTS.- UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY AND LASER-ASSISTED UVULOPALATOPLASTY.- TRANSPALATAL ADVANCEMENT PHARYNGOPLASTY.- RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION.- TONGUE AND HYOID PROCEDURES.- HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE STIMULATION.- MAXILLOMANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT.- COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN OSA.- ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN OSA PATIENTS.- INDIVIDUALIZED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT AND SURGICAL PLAN FOR PATIENTS WITH OSA.</P><P></P>