Who should have a sleep study for sleep related breathing disorders?

By the time children are 5 years old more of their life will have been spent asleep than awake. Sleep medicine is therefore especially relevant in paediatrics. However, one recent survey showed that paediatricians’ knowledge of sleep medicine is poor and that few paediatricians enquire about sleep a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of disease in childhood 2004-09, Vol.89 (9), p.851-855
Hauptverfasser:	Whiteford, L, Fleming, P, Henderson, A J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Biological and medical sciences Blood pressure CCHS Cerebral Palsy Child Child Health Childhood sleep disorders Children & youth congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Congenital Impairments Developmental Delays Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes Humans Hyperactivity Hypertension Hypertension - etiology Hypertension - physiopathology Hyperventilation Learning Problems Medical Evaluation Medical sciences monitoring Muscular Strength Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Neuromuscular diseases Obesity Observation obstructive obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome OSAS Oximetry - methods Parents Parents & parenting Physical Examinations Physical Fitness Physical Health physiological polysomnography Polysomnography - methods Practice Guidelines as Topic PSG rapid eye movement Referral and Consultation REM Respiration disorders Review Risk Factors Sleep Sleep - physiology Sleep apnea Sleep apnea syndromes Sleep Apnea Syndromes - complications Sleep Apnea Syndromes - diagnosis Sleep Apnea Syndromes - physiopathology sleep apnoea syndrome Sleep deprivation Sleep disorders in children Sleep, REM - physiology Snoring - physiopathology Studies UARS upper airway resistance syndrome
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Zusammenfassung:	By the time children are 5 years old more of their life will have been spent asleep than awake. Sleep medicine is therefore especially relevant in paediatrics. However, one recent survey showed that paediatricians’ knowledge of sleep medicine is poor and that few paediatricians enquire about sleep as part of their general consultation.1
ISSN:	0003-9888 1468-2044
DOI:	10.1136/adc.2003.036178