Pediatric Sleep Disorders
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Overview
Affecting 20 to 30 % of children under the age of five, sleep disorders can seriously affect a child's health. This authoritative guide 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. Covering the latest research related to the medical and surgical management of disease, high-risk groups, psychosocial effects, and the examination of sleep study results, this source helps practitioners understand normal sleep patterns, recognize common sleep conditions, and implement appropriate care protocols for optimum patient health.
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Katherine M. Sharkey, MD, PhD(Rush University Medical Center)Description: This book on the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in children provides an overview of pediatric sleep disorders with an emphasis on sleep-disordered breathing.
Purpose: The editors state that the aim of the book is to educate primary care physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in children.
Audience: It concentrates mainly on sleep-disordered breathing, giving little attention to behavioral sleep problems and parasomnias, especially for the stated audience of primary care providers. For instance, parasomnias such as sleep walking and night terrors are covered in two pages, and enuresis does not appear to be discussed at all. Thus, it does not seem to be a comprehensive book for family practitioners or general pediatricians.
Features: The book does provide excellent, well written chapters on sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing with special attention to the surgical management of these disorders as well as their cardiopulmonary consequences. The chapters on sleep-disordered breathing in high risk children, diagnostic testing for sleep-disordered breathing and interpretation of the polysomnogram, and congenital central hypoventilation syndrome are particularly interesting and well written.
Assessment: Given the cost of this book, I would instead recommend for a primary care physician Principles and Practice of Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Sheldon et al. (Elsevier, 2005), at less than half the cost. Clinician's Guide to Pediatric Sleep Disorders would be a more appropriate addition to the library of a pediatric pulmonologist, otolaryngologist or pediatric sleep specialist.