Evaluating sleep in infants and children

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Provides a compilation, review, and organization of existing literature regarding sleep in children. The first section covers the biological development of sleep, including sleep structure, sleep-related respiratory function, polysomnographic development of the EKG, development of the EOG, EMG, and movement behaviors during sleep, evaluation of the history and physical exam, and development of central nervous system function. Each chapter in the second section presents a paradigm regarding clinical and laboratory considerations across various developmental stages, focusing on indications for polysomnography, polysomnographic techniques and variations, scoring criteria and state determination, and interpretation of abnormalities and aberrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.