History of Pediatric Sleep Medicine
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…
Post-Traumatic and Post-Neurosurgical Hypersomnia
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…
Kleine-Levin Syndrome and Recurrent Hypersomnias
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…
Promoting Healthy Sleep Practices
Chapter 8 Promoting Healthy Sleep Practices Darius A. Loghmanee and Jamie A. Cvengros Introduction Of the myriad pediatric sleep disorders children in our society face, inadequate total sleep time provides…
Development of Sleep in Infants and Children
Chapter 3 Development of Sleep in Infants and Children Stephen H. Sheldon Sleep Onset Sleep onset is not an isolated event. Identification of an exact moment of transition from wakefulness…
Sleep Related Enuresis
Chapter 13 Sleep Related Enuresis Oscar Sans Capdevila Introduction The symptom of involuntary urine loss is termed urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence during the night (the terms bedwetting, enuresis, enuresis nocturna…
Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings
Chapter 14 Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings Jodi A. Mindell and Melisa Moore Introduction In young children, bedtime difficulties and frequent night wakings are both common and persistent. It is…
Sleep and Colic
Chapter 10 Sleep and Colic Anat Cohen Engler, Tamar Etzioni and Giora Pillar Terminology and Definitions The most distinctive feature of infantile colic is excessive crying. Crying, especially in the…
The Function, Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Sleep
Chapter 1 The Function, Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Sleep Stephen H. Sheldon Function of Sleep The first question asked of a biological function is an explanation of its purpose, yet…
