Sleep disorders have a significant impact on a child’s physical emotional cognitive and
social development and greatly affect the family as well. Fortunately today’s health care
providers have highly effective medical and behavioral interventions at their disposal for
treatment and prevention. A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Sleep: Diagnosis and Management of
Sleep Problems 3rd Edition synthesizes current information on the assessment and treatment of
sleep disorders in children and adolescents and gives you the practical tools you need to
recognize evaluate and treat sleep issues. This state-of-the-art resource provides
comprehensive user-friendly guidance on pediatric sleep that will help you improve the lives
of your patients and their families. Stay up to date with current information on the etiology
clinical assessment tools and management of specific sleep disorders in children and
adolescents. Quickly find the information you need thanks to logically organized chapters that
cover sleep physiology developmental aspects of sleep sleep diagnostic tools the most common
pediatric sleep disorders pharmacology (including stimulants such as caffeine) and special
populations. Use handy algorithms to evaluate common presenting symptoms and develop an
effective treatment plan. Educate parents and caregivers about normal sleep and offer primary
and secondary prevention strategies to be used at home. Keep your practice up to date with new
diagnostic criteria revised and new practice guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep
Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics and updated and new clinical screening and
parent handouts for each age group. Access an extensive collection of appendices online
including professional resources and expanded list of intake and screening questionnaires and
parent education handouts for each age group and each sleep disorder Now with the print edition
enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition which can be downloaded to your tablet and
smartphone or accessed online and includes features like: Complete content with enhanced
navigation Print patient handouts directly from the eBook Powerful search tools and smart
navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book your notes and even the web
Cross-linked pages references and more for easy navigation Highlighting tool for easier
reference of key content throughout the text Ability to take and share notes with friends and
colleagues Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use
