Sleep and breathing in infants and young children

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Autore principale: Kelʹmanson, I. A. (Igorʹ Aleksandrovich)
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2006.
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Sommario:
  • Polysomnography as the objective method of sleep study
  • Basic knowledge on sleep neurophysiology
  • Sleep ontogeny
  • Sleep chronobiology
  • The mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of respiration
  • Respiratory and other physiological characteristics during sleep
  • Arousals
  • Major forms of sleep disorders in infants and young children and approaches to their correction
  • Apnea of prematurity and infantile apnea
  • Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
  • Central hypoventilation
  • Apparent life-threatening events (ALTE)
  • Sleep disordered breathing and chronic pulmonary diseases
  • Approaches to evaluation and management in cases of sleep disordered breathing in infants and young children
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome : definition and epidemiology
  • SIDS and sleep disordered breathing
  • Infant behavioral characteristics associated with SIDA and its risk factors
  • Model of SIDS and preventive strategies.