TY - JOUR JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW SP - 194 LP - 194 VL - 22 IS - 128 AU - J-L. Pepin Y1 - 2013/06/01 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/22/128/194.abstract N2 - Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An Approach for Clinical Pulmonology M. Safwan Badr . Humana Press. 416. £127.00. 978-1-60761-734-1.In Essentials of Sleep Medicine, M. Safwan Badr and colleagues aim to offer readers “relevant facts helping the busy practicing physicians to provide better care for sleep disorders”. The subtitle of the book is “an approach for clinical pulmonology”, meaning that only information useful for comprehensive care in sleep medicine is included.The authors provide a very didactic and informative review on normal sleep and the pharmacology of sleep, both of which are addressed in a comprehensive way for respiratory physicians. All chapters conclude with recent references and a helpful summary of key points. The main topics of sleep apnoea, including epidemiology, clinical features and consequences, and treatment (continuous positive … ER -