Easy to read and richly illustrated, Atlas of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 3rd Edition, provides the tools you need to accurately diagnose and treat the full range of adult and pediatric sleep disorders. Dr. Meir H. Kryger and a team of expert contributing authors detail the physiologic, clinical, morphologic, and investigational aspects of the sleep disorders you encounter in everyday practice-enhanced by high-quality images throughout. This highly regarded, award-winning atlas is an ideal resource for sleep practitioners and technicians in the lab, as well as an effective review for certification and recertification.



Features a thoroughly illustrated, reader-friendly format that highlights key details, helping you interpret the visual manifestations of your patients' sleep disorders so you can manage them most effectively.


Contains the most up-to-date drug therapy with information about the latest drugs available as well as those in clinical trials.


Provides greater coverage of pediatric and adolescent disorders, including behavioral insomnia, new medication options, and multiple sleep latency testing (MSLT) specific to children.


Includes current AASM scoring guidelines and diagnostic criteria.


Presents correlations between normal and abnormal sleep relative to other health issues such as stroke and heart failure.


Illustrates the physiology of sleep with full-color images (many are new!) and correlates the physiology with the relevant findings.


Provides numerous resources online, including more than 80 patient interview and sleep lab videos and 200+ polysomnogram fragments.


An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Section 1: Sleep in Visual Arts and Literature

Chapter 1 Sleep in Art and Literature



Section 2: History of Sleep Medicine and Physiology

Chapter 2 History of Sleep Medicine and Physiology



Section 3: The Biology of Sleep

Chapter 3 Sleep Mechanisms
Chapter 4 Localization and Neurochemistry of Sleep-Wake Physiology and Pathophysiology
Chapter 5 Circadian Rhythms Regulation
Chapter 6 Physiologic Regulation in Sleep
Chapter 7 Cytokines, Host Defense, and Sleep
Chapter 8 Control of Breathing
Chapter 9 Central and Autonomic Regulation in Cardiovascular Physiology
Chapter 10 Interactive Regulation of Sleep and Feeding
Chapter 11 Endocrine Physiology



Section 4: Normal Sleep and Its Variants

Chapter 12 Sleep in Mammals
Chapter 13 Normal Sleep in Humans
Chapter 14 Sleep Restriction
Chapter 15 Sleep and Athletic Performance
Chapter 16 Dreaming in Normal and Disrupted Sleep



Section 5: Pharmacology

Chapter 17 Pharmacology



Section 6: Impact, Presentation, and Diagnosis

Chapter 18 Impact, Presentation, and Diagnostic Considerations



Section 7: Circadian System Disorders

Chapter 19 Circadian Rhythm Disorders
Chapter 20 Circadian Desynchrony and Health



Section 8: Insomnia

Chapter 21 Insomnia



Section 9: Neurologic Disorders

Chapter 22 Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence
Chapter 23 Movement Disorders in Sleep
Chapter 24 Sleep and Epilepsy
Chapter 25 Cerebrovascular Disease and Sleep
Chapter 26 Sleep and Other Neurologic Diseases
Chapter 27 Sleep and Neuromuscular Disease



Section 10: Parasomnias

Chapter 28 Parasomnias



Section 11: Sleep Breathing Disorders

Chapter 29 Examination of the Patient With Suspected Sleep Breathing Disorders
Chapter 30 Sleep Apnea in the Adolescent and Adult
Chapter 31 Sleep Breathing Disorders in Children
Chapter 32 Respiratory Diseases and the Overlap Syndromes



Section 12: Other Medical and Psychiatric Disorders

Chapter 33 Cardiovascular Diseases
Chapter 34 Thyroid Disease
Chapter 35 Diseases of the Pituitary Gland
Chapter 36 Gastrointestinal Disorders
Chapter 37 Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 38 Sleep Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 39 Sleep and Psychiatric Disease
Chapter 40 Sleep and Ophthalmologic Disorders
Chapter 41 Sleep and Pain
Chapter 42 COVID-19 and Sleep



Section 13: Women's Health

Chapter 43 The Menstrual Cycle
Chapter 44 Pregnancy and Postpartum
Chapter 45 Midlife Transition and Menopause
Chapter 46 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome



Section 14: Diagnostic Assessment Methods in Adults

Chapter 47 Polysomnography and Home Sleep Test Assessment Methods in Adults



Section 15: Media Galleries

Chapter 48 Gallery of Polysomnographic Recordings
Chapter 49 Gallery of Patient Interview Videos
Chapter 50 Gallery of Sleep Laboratory Video Findings



Index