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VOLUME : 4 NUMBER : 5 | OCTOBER 15, 2008 | PAGES : 393 - 520


   ANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVES


PRO/CON DEBATE

Complex Sleep Apnea: It Really Is a Disease
Peter C. Gay


Complex Sleep Apnea: It Isn’t Really a Disease
Atul Malhotra; Suzie Bertisch; Andrew Wellman


   NEW RESEARCH


SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS

Associations of Dietary Intake and Physical Activity with Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Apnea Positive Pressure Long-term Efficacy Study (APPLES)
Monica M. Vasquez; James L. Goodwin; Amy A. Drescher; Terry W. Smith; Stuart F. Quan


Commentary on Vasquez, et al
Your Tax Dollars at work! or The APPLES Trial Bears Fruit

Barbara Phillips


Evaluation of Sleep Apnea in a Sample of Black Patients
Girardin Jean-Louis; Hans von Gizycki; Ferdinand Zizi; Amita Dharawat; Jason M. Lazar; Clinton D. Brown


A Pilot Evaluation of a Nasal Expiratory Resistance Device for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Ian M. Colrain; Stephen Brooks; Jed Black


Aerophagia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Patients using Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: A Preliminary Observation
Nathaniel F. Watson; Sue K. Mystkowski


Commentary on Watson et al
CPAP and Things That Go “Burp” in the Night

William C. Orr


Vagal Regulation, Cortisol, and Sleep Disruption in Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Oxana Palesh; Jamie M. Zeitzer; Ansgar Conrad; Janine Giese-Davis; Karen M. Mustian; Varinia Popek; Karen Nga; David Spiegel


The Validity of Wrist Actimetry Assessment of Sleep With and Without Sleep Apnea
David Wang; Keith K. Wong; George C. Dungan II; Peter R. Buchanan; Brendon J. Yee; Ronald R. Grunstein


Circadian Phase-Shifting Effects of Repeated Ramelteon Administration in Healthy Adults
Gary S. Richardson; Phyllis C. Zee; Sherry Wang-Weigand; Laura Rodriguez; Xuejun Peng


Signs of Insomnia in Borderline Personality Disorder Individuals
Célyne H. Bastien; Sandra Guimond; Geneviève St-Jean; Sophie Lemelin


CASE REPORTS

Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Sleep Apnea, and CPAP Titration
Matthew R. Ebben; Nitin K. Sethi, Mary Conte; Charles P. Pollak; Douglas Labar


   REVIEW ARTICLES


A Systematic Review of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Nightmares: Toward a well-Established Treatment
Jaap Lancee; Victor I. Spoormaker; Barry Krakow; Jan van den Bout


   SPECIAL ARTICLES


Clinical Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults
Sharon Schutte-Rodin; Lauren Broch; Daniel Buysse; Cynthia Dorsey; Michael Sateia


Development and Results of the First ABMS Subspecialty Certification Examination in Sleep Medicine
Stuart F. Quan; Richard B. Berry; Daniel Buysse; Nancy A. Collop; Madeleine Grigg-Damberger; Susan M. Harding; Conrad Iber; W. Vaughn McCall; Michael J. Sateia; Stephen H. Sheldon; Michael H. Silber; Adam Sorscher; Sally L. Davidson Ward; Sigrid Veasey; B. Tucker Woodson; Brian Hess; Roberta Kangilaski


   DEPARTMENTS


SLEEP MEDICINE PEARLS

A Case of Unexplained Episodic Loss of Consciousness
Romy Hoque; Andrew L. Chesson Jr.


BOARD REVIEW CORNER

Mask Interface and CPAP Adherence
Sairam Parthasarathy


SLEEP MEDICINE NEWS AND UPDATES