Author: Luis M. Gutiérrez Marcos
At present, sleep disorders associated with the airway have had great relevance within the fields of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery; However, there are not many written texts in Spanish that could serve as a clinical guide for approach and management of patients with this type of disorders. In this text, several specialists perform a joint effort to synthesize various, clinical and surgical theoretical aspects involving sleeping disorders associated with the respiratory tract.
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We hope that the work is useful for all those doctors specialists in the area of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery, the subspecialists in the area of sleeping disorders associated with the airway, as well as, for doctors of other related specialties; Especially, for all those who are in the process of training in these areas. The main objective includes capturing an overview with current information of all aspects, which involve the care of patients with sleeping disorders associated with the airway.
Section I: Basic Sciences
1. Renocopathy and obstructive sleep apnea: concepts
2. Airway anatomy
3. Classification and epidemiology of sleeping respiratory disorders
4. PHYSIOLOGY OF BREATHING
Section II: Pathological Entities
5. Parasomnias
6. Restless legs and disorder by periodic movements of the extremities
Section III: Diagnosis
7. Clinical history
8. Polysomnography
9. Simplified Sleep Studies
10. Superior Air Resistance Syndrome
Section IV: Medical treatment
11. Mandibular advance devices in the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
12. Treatment of respiratory sleep disorders with non-invasive mechanical ventilation
Section V: Surgical Treatment
13. Perioperative patient management with obstructive sleep apnea
14. Surgery of Nasal septum
15. Surgery of the internal nasal valve
16. External nasal valve surgery
17. Surgery of the nasal lateral wall
18. Velopalatin and pharyngeal surgery UvulopalatoPhangoplasties and its variants
19. Orthognathic and language base surgery
20. Lingual Currement
21. Perioperative complications of sleep disorders surgery
Section VI: Procedures
22. Somnoplasty
Section VII: Related Entities
23. Dream alterations in pediatric age
24. Sleep obstructive apnea syndrome (SAOS) and obesity
25. Sleep disorders in the elderly
26. Disorders of sleeping in pregnancy
27. Overlapping syndrome: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome