ERS Handbook of Respiratory Sleep Medicine

ERS Handbook of respiratory sleep medicine
Welcome to the website of the ERS Handbook of Respiratory Sleep Medicine.

The ERS Handbook of Respiratory Sleep Medicine is the second edition to the ERS Handbook series. It covers respiratory sleep conditions and their causes, diagnosis, and management.

The ERS Handbook of Respiratory Sleep Medicine was launched during the ERS Congress in Vienna, 2 – 5 September 2012. To order a copy of the handbook, please click here.

Content

The handbook is a vital resource for all practitioners working in the respiratory, neurology, psychiatry, ENT, cardiology, paediatrics, and dentistry fields who see patients with sleep disorders. The handbook is also designed to complement the respiratory sleep HERMES curriculum and assist physicians and trainees to meet curriculum requirements.




Chapter list

The book is divided into 8 overarching modules, which are split into over 40 sections covering the whole field.

  • Module 1: Physiology and anatomy
  • Module 2: Respiratory conditions
  • Module3: Nonrespiratory conditions
  • Module 4: Clinical assessment
  • Module 5: Diagnostic techniques
  • Module 6: Treatment
  • Module 7: Medicolegal and economic aspects
  • Module 8: Paediatric respiratory sleep medicine
ERS Handbook of respiratory sleep medicine
Sample Section
Neuroanatomy and neurobiology of sleep
Mary J. Morrell, Paolo Palange, Patrick Levy and Wilfried De Backer

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Welcome from the chief editors of the ERS Handbook of Respiratory Sleep Medicine
 
Anita Simands
 
 Wilfried de Backer
Prof. Anita Simonds
Prof. Wilfried de Backer


Anita K. Simonds is a consultant in respiratory medicine at the NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, and is ERS School Chair.

Wilfried de Backer is Professor of Respiratory Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, and is head of the ERS Clinical Physiology and Integrative Biology Assembly.
 
   
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