Chapter 42 Sleep-Related Movement Disorders Jonathan D Cogen and Darius A Loghmanee Introduction Sleep-related movement disorders (SRMD) present a unique challenge to practitioners caring for children, as they can cause…
Chapter 41 Other Parasomnias Harsha Kumar and Sindhuja Vardhan Introduction Parasomnias are undesirable events or experiences that occur during sleep. Parasomnia is derived from ‘para’ meaning ‘beside or alongside of’…
Chapter 40 REM Behavior Disorder Stephen H. Sheldon and Darius A. Loughmanee REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is classified as a parasomnia usually associated with REM sleep. It has been…
Chapter 6 Sleep during Adolescence Stephanie J. Crowley, Leila Tarokh and Mary A. Carskadon Introduction Sleep–wake behavior changes across adolescence are the product of changing intrinsic regulatory sleep mechanisms and…
Chapter 32 Treatment Options in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Sally L. Davidson Ward and Iris A. Perez Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common childhood sleep-related disorder resulting from…
Chapter 29 Cognitive and Behavioral Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Louise M. O’Brien Introduction Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) describes a range of breathing problems during sleep from habitual snoring to obstructive…
Chapter 12 Sleep and Pain Valerie McLaughlin Crabtree, Amanda M. Rach and Merrill S. Wise Introduction Chronic pain, described as pain occurring for 3 months or longer, is a relatively…
Chapter 2 History of Pediatric Sleep Medicine Stephen H. Sheldon Overview Over the past quarter century, pediatric and adolescent sleep medicine has followed remarkable parallels with the evolution of health…
Chapter 21 Post-Traumatic and Post-Neurosurgical Hypersomnia Rafael Pelayo For children with post-traumatic and post-neurosurgical hypersomnia the best-fitting diagnosis within the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) 2e is hypersomnia due…
Chapter 20 Kleine-Levin Syndrome and Recurrent Hypersomnias Stephen H. Sheldon Introduction Kleine-Levin syndrome is an unusual disorder of recurrent episodes of excessive sleepiness and prolonged total sleep time. It is…
