| Description |
xii, 226 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-212) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Infants -- Sleep.
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Children -- Sleep.
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Sleep disorders in children.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1600212794 |
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9781600212796 |
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9781612093512 (electronic bk.) |
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