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 - great first read for sleep fellowsit is hard to find one first resource for sleep medicine basics. this book would do it for you. i'm a third year pulmonary fellow, planning to apply for the sleep boards. everybody will tell you that you won't pass the boards by studying only this book but they'll tell you that this is a great start. Rating: - Great Text BookI am a 20 year old college student and about a year ago I became interested in sleep science. I am busy taking my required classes so I got this book to learn the basics of sleep science and find out if its what I really want to persue. When I started studying this book I realized how much there is to know about the Science of sleep. Ive looked over several books at my main library and I found this one to be the best. I plan on spending 2 or 3 days on each fundamental (there are 22). I'll probably write another review when I finish it. Rating:  - Just basicsIs a practical but simple book. If the porpouse was education studentds or first year resident is excellent.Other wise the book is over rated. Rating: - Very practical for Sleep Medicine.I am gearing this review towards passing the Sleep Medicine Boards, (see my other review about Bowman's Book). This book, by itself, will not be sufficient to pass the sleep boards, as it does not contain enough background information about neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, hormones, etc. However, if you are looking for a book to help you practice as a sleep medicine physician, then this book is excellent. It is well-written, well-organized, and extremely practical. Each section starts with background information, then gives a clinical case that stresses a specific point. It will help you practice your scoring, diagnosing artifacts, going through sleep logs, etc. I found this book extremely useful for the clinical questions on the sleep boards, and it is very easy to read. If Mr. Berry expanded his book and included more chapters on neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and pediatric sleep medicine, then this book would probably be better than Bowman's, simply because it is better written and better organized. Rating: - excellent, simpleThis is an excellent book, I agree with the October 2000 review. It is another book in the "pearls series". Almost 400 pages, divided in 22 Fundamentals of sleep medicine (112 cases), and appendix. The first few fundamentals (25 cases) deal with sleep staging, monitoring, architecture, and MSLT. Cases 26 till 78 are devoted to Obstructive sleep apnea, Respiratory arousals and CPAP, etc, and central apneas. There several cases for PLMS, Parasomnia, Narcolepsy, seizure, insomnia (case 79 till 103). The last nine cases (104-112) deal with circadian sleep. Each case starts with few lines of history and exam (neck, pharynx) tracing, and question. The next one page (often 2-3 pages) explains in great, concise, easily memorizable way a specific topic in sleep medicine. They are reach with graphics, tracings. The case ends with few-several pearls summarizing the discussion. I keep learning from this excellent book. I think that every health care provider who likes to learn about sleep medicine will find it as an excellent introduction and good simple resource. In association with Amazon.com | |