Peretz Lavie ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
c2003
x, 274 p. :
ill. ;
25 cm
"First published in Hebrew in 2002 by Yedioth Ahronot Books, Chemed Books, Tel Aviv"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index
The breath of life -- Respiratory control -- The first pickwickian -- Rediscovery of the pickwickian patient -- Western innovations -- The dog dropped off and the experiment woke up -- From an exotic syndrome to a public health issue -- Risk factors for sleep apnea -- The syndrome's symptoms -- The price of awakenings -- At the temple of Morpheus -- Children and sleep apnea -- Sleep apnea, the heart, and the blood vessels -- From baroreceptors to free radicals -- Death at an early age and the paradox of old age -- Treatments for sleep apnea syndrome -- Sleeping under pressure : the big promise -- A whole new understanding