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VOLUME : 4     NUMBER : 4         AUGUST 15, 2008           PAGES : 293 - 392


   ANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVES


EDITORIALS

Entering the Age of Portable Monitoring
Nancy A. Collop; Lawrence J. Epstein


   NEW RESEARCH


SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS

Adaptive Pressure Support Servoventilation: A Novel Treatmentfor Sleep Apnea Associated with Use of Opioids
Shahrokh Javaheri; Athar Malik; Jason Smith; Eugene Chung


Adaptive Servoventilation (ASV) in Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing Associated with Chronic Opioid Medications for Non-Malignant Pain
Robert J. Farney; James M. Walker; Kathleen M. Boyle; Tom V. Cloward; Kevin C. Shilling


The Quest for Stability in an Unstable World: Adaptive Servoventilation in Opioid Induced Complex Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Commentary on Javaheri S, et al. and Farney RJ, et al.
Timothy I. Morgenthaler


Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme and the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome
John Amit Benjamin; Maria Moller; Philip Ebden; Ionah Bartle; Keir E. Lewis


Persistence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea After Surgical Weight Loss
Christopher J. Lettieri; Arn H. Eliasson; David L. Greenburg


Morbid Obesity and Sleep Apnea. Is Weight Loss the Answer?
Commentary on Lettieri CJ et al.

Heidi Marien; Daniel Rodenstein


Autoadjusting Positive Pressure Trial in Adults with Sleep Apnea Assessed by a Simplified Diagnostic Approach
Luis Torre-Bouscoulet; María Sonia Meza-Vargas; Armando Castorena-Maldonado; Margarita Reyes-Zúñiga; Rogelio Pérez-Padilla


Characterizing Sleep Structure Using the Hypnogram
Bruce J. Swihart; Brian Caffo; Karen Bandeen-Roche; Naresh M. Punjabi


Depression and Sleep-Related Symptoms in an Adult, Indigenous, North American Population
Colleen L. Froese; Arsalan Butt; Alan Mulgrew; Rupi Cheema; Mary-Ann Speirs; Carmen Gosnell; Jon Fleming; John Fleetham; C. Frank Ryan; Najib T. Ayas


Sleep Pattern Differences Between Older Adult Dementia Caregivers and Older Adult Noncaregivers Using Objective and Subjective Measures
Meredeth A. Rowe; Christina S. McCrae; Judy M. Campbell; Andrea Pe Benito; Jing Cheng


CASE REPORTS

Adverse Effects of Ropinirole-Treated Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) During Smoking Cessation
Timothy M. Juergens


   DEPARTMENTS


SLEEP MEDICINE PEARLS

A Severely Sleep Deprived Patient
Anastasios Bonakis; Robin S. Howard; Christopher Kosky; Adrian Williams


BOOK REVIEWS

The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep
Lee K. Brown


SLEEP MEDICINE NEWS AND UPDATES