Oxford Case Histories in Sleep Medicine

Section I: Snoring and Sleep Disordered Breathing 1: Snoring and witnessed apnoea in a 70 year old thin man 2: An obese post-menopausal woman snored like a tank 3: Severe OSA in overweight Chinese man-craniofacial features 4: Unable to throw a cricket ball & could not breathe at night 5: A sleepy bus driver 6: Rapid onset daytime sleep presenting as transient loss of consciousness 7: Unexplained breathlessness and pulmonary arterial hypertension in an obese man 8: Post-operative apnoeas and hypoxia due to undiagnosed OSA 9: Polycythemia got better with CPAP 10: Hyperphagia and sleep disorder in Prader Willi Syndrome 11: Shot in head - acquired hypothalamic syndrome 12: Collapsed in a Café: Acute Respiratory Failure 13: Overlap syndrome - COPD and OSA 14: Neuropsychological impairment in a psychoanalyst with post-polio syndrome 15: Nocturnal choking in a patient with a goitre and retrosternal extension 16: Obstructive sleep apnoea persists despite removal of a pituitary tumour causing acromegaly 17: CPAP transformed my life 18: Persistent daytime sleepiness despite CPAP 19: CPAP intolerance and non-compliance-treatment with mandibular advancement splint 20: Won't use CPAP - end up with tracheostomy 21: Bariatric surgery cures sleep apnoea 22: Sleep disturbance and daytime sleepiness persists in a snorer despite CPAP - Periodic Limb Movement Syndrome (PLMS) 23: Worrying pauses in breath without choking and snoring-Central Sleep Apnoea 24: Irresistible daytime sleepiness in a young obese woman. Section II: Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Role of Dental and ENT surgeon 25: Contribution of facial skeletal pattern to sleep apnoea 26: Mandibular advancement splint therapy for severe obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome 27: Effectiveness, compliance and side effects of mandibular advancement splint therapy 28: Allergic rhinitis 29: Nasal polyposis 30: Septoplasty 31: Upper airways resistance syndrome 32: Laser Assisted UvuloPalatoplasty (LAUP)/tonsillectomy 33: Epiglottic trapdoor 34: Tracheostomy Section III: Neurological Sleep Disorders 35: Sleep groaning 36: Nocturnal punch and fight 37: Jumpy legs 38: Episodic weak legs in a sleepy man 39: Just sleepy all the time 40: Moving and thrashing around during sleep 41: Panic attacks during sleep 42: Frozen in sleep 43: Confused, irritable and sleepy young man 44: Chattering teeth during sleep 45: Sexsomnia Section IV: Insomnia and Circadian rhythm disorders 46: I keep falling asleep at family dinner 47: I haven't slept in years 48: Spending too long in bed 49: A sleep cycle that keeps moving 50: My body is in London but my body clock is in New York 51: A very, very long day 52: Sleep and alcohol abuse 53: Choosing and using hypnotics 54: Please see this patient who is addicted to sleeping pills 55: My body clock can't keep up