Favorite Sleep & Apnea books

[jskinner]

Here are some of my favorites, what are yours?

[gobears]

I have the Steven Park book on order. He seems to be quite knowledgeable about UARS.

[kebsa]

i just borrowed one from the university library its a sleep medicine text book rather than purely about sleep apnea- i thought i could make better sense of all this if i improved my knowledge about normal sleep architecture- its the approach i have always used as an RN, understand the normal anatomy and physiology and that makes the abnormal easier to understand'- the book i have got hold of is

Sleep medicine, essentials and review by Teofilo Lee-Chiong Jr

i have only just started reading it but i think its going to be useful, thanks for sharing the other titles, i had been looking for some and found them to be in short number- the few i did find were so basic they really did not tell me any more than the information pamphlets that the sleep lab handed out. I know i have said it before but its almost like the whole sleep apnea industry is trying to restrict patient access to useful information that will help us take an active part in the control of our health. I was spoilt for choice with books about MS, diabetes and chronic pain but sleep apnea stuff seems to be all Secret squirrel stuff!

[jskinner]

I have heard that the following text book is also very good but its a bit too pricey for me.

[jskinner]

I had some time too look at two book at the Dalhousie Health Sciences Library in Halifax today. Both seemed very good.

[MidnightOwl]

Kebsa,

I loved the Teofilo Lee-Chiong book. I also had it from the library (more than once) soon after I started CPAP. The other books I'd found had frustrated me by being too basic. This one definately wasn't. I also liked the way it was divided into separate topics so that you could read only the CPAP articles and skip surgery for instance. Or general sleep and breathing.

There was another book I liked a lot. I don't remember the title right now but I think it was an overview of sleep and apnea written for non sleep medical professionals. It was nice because it assumed that you didn't have any background in the subject but that you wanted to understand it in some depth. If I can find that title I'll post it.

JSkinner,

I don't think I've read any of the books you posted except the Dement one. I'll keep an eye out for them. Thanks for the list.

Midnightowl

(note. I couldn't see what books they were until today since my normal browser doesn't let me see images. In case anyone else has that problem and for my own future reference the books are below)

Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Sleep Well, Feel Better - can't tell author
The Promise of Sleep - William C. Dement, MD, PhD
Sound Sleep, Sound Mind - Barry Krakow, MD
Sleep Interrupted - Stephen Y Park, MD
Sleep to Save Your Life - Gerard T. Lombardo, MD
Rem Illumination: Memoroy Consolidation - Timothy J Walter, MD

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine - Kryger, Roth & Dement

Surgery for Sleep Disordered Breathing - Horman & Verse
Sleep Apnea & snoring: Surgical and Non-surgical therapy - Friedman

[georgepds]

I like "Restless Nights, Understanding snoring and sleep apnea" by Peter Lavie. It gives a good discussion of the medical history of sleep apnea.

[jskinner]

I like "Restless Nights, Understanding snoring and sleep apnea" by Peter Lavie. It gives a good discussion of the medical history of sleep apnea.

I was at the library again today and saw Restless Nights but didn't look at it. I will have to take a look at it next time...