Clinician's Guide to Pediatric Sleep Disorders illustrates the consequences of sleep disordered breathing and offers a state-of-the-art overview of methods to identify, diagnose, and treat sleep disorders in children.

Features:

• Presents the most up-to-date information on sleep, sleep disorders, and the impact of sleep on infant, child, and adolescent health and behavior
• Covers all aspects of disordered sleep in children including patient evaluation, management, and care
• Educates practitioners in the accurate diagnosis and treatment of pediatric sleep disorders
• Includes block diagrams outlining practice pathways
• Emphasizes key points and critical information using tables, text boxes, and valuable chapter highlight sections
• Contains chapters on the evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of sleep study results

Contents

1. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children
2. Non-Obstructive Sleep Patterns
3. Behavioral Sleep Patterns
4. Exam of Children with SDB
5. Diagnostic Testing for SDB and Interpretation of PSG
6. High Risk Popluations
7. Adeno-Tonsillectomy
8. Advanced Surgical Techniques
9. Nonsurgical Managmeent
10. Psychiatreic Aspects of SDB
11. Other Morbidity of SDB
12. Evidence-Based Approach to Therapy
13. Anesthetic Concerns for SDB
14. Cardiovascular Consequences
15. Central Hypoventilation Disorder
16. ALTE and SIDS
17. Adolescent Sleep Disorders
18. RLS
19. Narcolepsy

Index

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