by Stephen H. Sheldon DO FAAP (Editor), Meir H. Kryger MD. FRCPC (Editor), David Gozal (Editor), Temitayo O. Oyegbile-Chidi (Editor), Craig Canapari (Editor)

Globally recognized as the definitive resource for any health practitioner who treats children, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Sleep Medicine provides state-of-the-art information on virtually all sleep-related problems encountered in pediatric patients. Written by preeminent sleep medicine experts Drs. Stephen H. Sheldon, Meir H. Kryger, David Gozal, and Craig Canapari, this full-color 3rd Edition equips you with a complete understanding of both medical and psychiatric pediatric sleep disorders in one convenient, trustworthy resource.

• Separates content into normal and abnormal sleep for quick access to key information.
• Offers four distinct parts: Principles, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice, and an all-new two-section Atlas to support diagnostic and treatment decisions, covering both normal development and specific sleep disorders.
• Includes a new chapter on ambulatory monitoring of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and a new, combined section covering history and differential diagnosis.
• Provides extensive, up-to-date coverage of obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment; sleep-related breathing disorders; parasomnias; evaluation and management of sleepy children; evaluation and management of circadian rhythm abnormalities; and pharmacology.
• Includes a section on scoring and assessment of sleep and related physiological events.
• Features sleep studies (polysomnography), graphs, charts, and diagrams to support the text, as well as abundantly referenced chapters to help you investigate topics further.