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     This companion to Kryger et al.’s PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SLEEP MEDICINE focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of a full range of sleep disorders in children. Recognized leaders in the field offer definitive guidance on virtually all of the sleep-associated problems encountered in pediatrics, from sleep and colic...to obstructive sleep apnea, neurological disorders, and hypersomnias...to sleep-related enuresis.

Key Features:

• Presents up-to-date information of the field’s hottest topics in chapters on Pharmacology of Sleep in Children • Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders During Childhood • Circadian Rhythm Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment • and Differential Diagnosis of Pediatric Sleep Disorders.
• Organizes information into separate sections covering normal and abnormal sleep, for quick reference.
• Makes further investigation easy with abundantly referenced chapters.
• Addresses both medical and psychiatric sleep disorders.
• Features the expertise of Drs. Sheldon, Kryger and Ferber – renowned authorities in the field of sleep medicine.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1.     Introduction to Pediatric Sleep Medicine

Chapter 2.     Differential Diagnosis of Pediatric Sleep Disorders

Chapter 3.     Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders during Childhood

Chapter 4.     Anatomy of Sleep

Chapter 5.     Case-Based Analysis of Sleep Problems in Children

Chapter 6.     Polysomnography in Infants and Children

Chapter 7.     Physiologic Variations during Sleep in Children

Chapter 8.     Chronobiology of Sleep in Children

Chapter 9.     Circadian Rhythm Disorders:  Diagnosis and Treatment

Chapter 10.   Sleep and Colic

Chapter 11.   Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep

Chapter 12.   Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity, and Sleep Disorders

Chapter 13.   Narcolepsy in Children

Chapter 14.   Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Chapter 15.   Post-Traumatic Hypersomnia

Chapter 16.   Kleine-Levin Syndrome and Recurrent Hypersomnias

Chapter 17.   Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Infants and Children

Chapter 18.   Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Chapter 19.   Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Infants and Children:  Clinical Features and Pathophysiology

Chapter 20.   Enuresis in Children with Sleep Apnea

Chapter 21.   Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children

Chapter 22.   Otolaryngologic Management of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

Chapter 23.   Primary Snoring in Children

Chapter 24.   Sleep in Neurologic Disorders

Chapter 25.   Disorders of Arousal in Children

Chapter 26.   The Parasomnias

Chapter 27.   Sleep-Related Enuresis

Chapter 28.   Pharmacology of Sleep Disorders in Children

Index