Main description:

Many fields of medicine have looked at the issue of transitioning care from pediatrics to adults. This book focuses on that transition within the field of sleep medicine. This book gathers and presents in volume information that will assist practitioners to transition the care of their pediatric patients suffering from sleep disorders.

The book will discuss anatomical, physiological and psychological aspects as children grow into adulthood. Specifically, changes in brain function and anatomy, cardiorespiratory function and anatomy, and changes in facial structure are explored. Also discussed are the tools that are used for assessing sleep and how it may apply differently to children and adults. Chapters cover each group of sleep disorders with focus on how the diagnosis, prognosis, and management may change with the transition from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. In addition, gaps in needs and research are discussed.

Contents:

1) History of Sleep Medicine in Children and Adults2) Neurological aspects of sleep medicine3) Anatomical changes in human body as it relates to sleep medicine4) Physiological Changes in human body as it relates to sleep medicine5) Sleep Tools6) Sleep Disordered Breathing: Diagnosis7) Sleep Disordered Breathing: Management8) Sleep Disordered breathing: Interface issues as it relates to children and adults9) Chronic Non-invasive ventilatory support in chronic lung disease10) Chronic Non-invasive ventilatory support in neuromuscular disorders11) Insomnia: Diagnosis and management12) Parasomnias: Diagnosis and management13) Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Management14) Circadian Disorders: Diagnosis and Management15) Narcolepsy: Diagnosis and Management16) Other Hypersomnias: Diagnosis and Management17) Neurodegenerative disorders