Fatigue Management Principles and Practices for Improving Workplace Safety /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sharafkhaneh, Amir (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hirshkowitz, Max (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Psychiatry.; Neurology .; Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Neurology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

In this soon-to-be gold-standard text, a distinguished panel of experts provides a comprehensive discussion of the various medical, neurological, psychiatric, and psychological factors underlying fatigue and sleepiness in the workplace and in patients. In reviewing current best practices in managing...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Perspective on Sleepiness and Fatigue-Related Accidents
• Fatigue: Definitions and Classifications
• Studies of Fatigue and Human Performance in the Laboratory
• Studies of Fatigue and Human Performance in the Field
• Studies of Fatigue and Human Performance in Patients with Sleep Disorders
• Fatigue- Clinical and Laboratory Assessment
• Clinical Assessment of Medical, Neurological, and Psychiatric Conditions Associated with Fatigue
• Assessment of Medication and Recreational Drugs Associated with Fatigue
• Treating Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
• TREATING NARCOLEPSY AND IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNIA
• Assessment of Sleep Duration, Sleep Habits, Napping, and Circadian Rhythms in the Patient Complaining of Fatigue
• TREATING FATIGUE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART AND LUNG DISEASE
• Fatigue Management in the Hospital
• RISK OF FATIGUE AT WORK
• Fatigue Management. .