Sleep medicine is one of the most rapidly growing specialties in medicine. This, the first of two books on polysomnography for respiratory care practitioners, includes discussions on:: sleep neurophysiology; basic principles of polysomnography including electrical concepts; clinical assessment of the sleep patient; instrumentation and electrode placement; artifact recognition and troubleshooting; electrocardiography; sleep electroencephalography; respiratory physiology during sleep; monitoring respiration and nocturnal oximetry; positive airway pressure and oxygen therapy; monitoring limb movements; and portable sleep monitoring.