Sleep Disorders in Children [electronic resource] /
Nevšímalová, Soňa.editor.
Bruni, Oliviero.editor.
This book is both an exam guide to children´s sleep medicine and a practical manual for diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in children. An overview of the most frequent sleep disorders encountered in newborns, infants, children and adolescents is provided. This book discusses the main sleep disorders in detail, including insomnia, respiratory disturbances, movement disorders during sleep, circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnias, and disorders associated with increased sleepiness. It also covers sleep disorders associated with neurological, psychiatric, and medical diseases.  This book is divided into two parts. The first part is an introduction to childhood sleep physiology and pathology, epidemiology of sleep disorders, and diagnostic procedures. The second part describes the most frequent sleep disorders in greater depth.   Sleep Disorders in Children is aimed at sleep researchers, pediatricians, child neurologists and child psychiatrists, as well as patient organizations and families with affected children.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Part I: Introduction -- Ontogeny of Sleep and Its Functions in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence -- The Discovery of Pediatric Sleep Medicine -- Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- New Directions in the Link between Technology Use and Sleep in Young People -- Sleep Laboratory Tests -- Sleep Structure and Scoring from Infancy to Adolescence -- Algorithm for Differential Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders in Children -- Part II: Sleep Disorders -- Sleep Disorders in Newborns and Infants -- Pediatric Insomnia -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Children: A Short Primer -- Sleep  Disorders in Children: Simple Sleep-Related Movement Disorders -- Circadian Rhythm Disorders in Childhood -- Disorders Associated with Increased Sleepiness -- Parasomnias in Children -- Sleep and Epilepsy -- Sleep in Neurological and Neurodevelopmental Disorders -- Sleep in Children with Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems -- Childhood Sleep and Medical Disorders.
This book is both an exam guide to children´s sleep medicine and a practical manual for diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in children. An overview of the most frequent sleep disorders encountered in newborns, infants, children and adolescents is provided. This book discusses the main sleep disorders in detail, including insomnia, respiratory disturbances, movement disorders during sleep, circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnias, and disorders associated with increased sleepiness. It also covers sleep disorders associated with neurological, psychiatric, and medical diseases.  This book is divided into two parts. The first part is an introduction to childhood sleep physiology and pathology, epidemiology of sleep disorders, and diagnostic procedures. The second part describes the most frequent sleep disorders in greater depth.   Sleep Disorders in Children is aimed at sleep researchers, pediatricians, child neurologists and child psychiatrists, as well as patient organizations and families with affected children.
Pediatrics.
Neurology .
Psychiatry.
Respiratory organs—Diseases.
Pediatrics.
Neurology.
Psychiatry.
Pneumology/Respiratory System.