Fig. 7.1 Bedtime. Complaint: problems going to bed/problems falling to sleep Parent or caretaker reports the child has one or more of the following symptoms: Difficulty falling to sleep. Difficulty…
Fig. 4.1 Heath and colleagues [24] comparison of bright iPad screenlight (left) vs screen filtering short-wavelength light using the f.lux app (right; stereopsis.com) Taken together, the abovementioned studies suggest that…
AAP guidelines ERS guidelines In a child who snores and has signs or symptoms of OSA, clinicians should perform a more focused evaluation Step 1,2,3 – identification of a child…
Time of administration in children If used as chronobiotic, administer 2–3 h before dim light melatonin onset or administer melatonin 3–4 h before actual sleep-onset time Dosage Start with a…
Fig. 6.1 Quiet sleep and active sleep in a 3-month-old infant Indeterminate sleep is the period of sleep that cannot be polysomnographically defined as either active or quiet sleep by…
Fig. 2.1 Number of publications for each decade in PubMed with search word “sleep” limited to humans and all children (0–18 years) In Fig. 2.2 the total number of publications…
Infants and children should be put to bed wide awake Bedtime and wake time should remain as consistent as possible Naps should be timed early enough in the afternoon so…
Fig. 18.1 Data from the Portuguese national survey – Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) [60], including 3476 students with a mean age of 14 years. The mean BMI is…
Disorders Subjective children data Objective data Anxiety disorders Parental reports of bedtime fears and rituals, need for co-sleeping and transitional objects. Nighttime waking, nightmares, DOA Reduced SL and SWS Increased…
Fig. 5.1 Matching sleep–wake disturbance to sleep laboratory tests Nocturnal Polysomnography Technical Aspects The test consists of the recording of multiple physiological parameters during sleep. Most often this includes two…
