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9783031300127: Sleep Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide for Transitioning Pediatric to Adult Care

Sinopsis

Many fields of medicine have looked at the issue of transitioning care from pediatrics to adults. This book focuses on that transition within the field of sleep medicine. This book gathers and presents in volume information that will assist practitioners to transition the care of their pediatric patients suffering from sleep disorders. 

 

The book will discuss anatomical, physiological and psychological aspects as children grow into adulthood. Specifically, changes in brain function and anatomy, cardiorespiratory function and anatomy, and changes in facial structure are explored. Also discussed are the tools that are used for assessing sleep and how it may apply differently to children and adults. Chapters cover each group of sleep disorders with focus on how the diagnosis, prognosis, and management may change with the transition from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. In addition, gaps in needs and research are discussed.

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Acerca del autor

Amir Sharafkhaneh, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,Staff Physician, Sleep Disorders & Research Center,Medical Care Line, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center2002 Holcombe Blvd.,Houston, Texas, 77030 Office: 713-794-7318Fax: 713-794-7558Email: amirs@bcm.edu
David Gozal, MD, MBA, PhD (Hon), Marie M. and Harry L. Smith Endowed Chair, Chairperson, Department of Child Health, Pediatrician-in-Chief, MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital, University of Missouri School of Medicine400 N Keene St, Suite 010, Columbia, MO 65201, USAOffice: 573-882-6882Fax: 573-884-5179Email: gozald@health.missouri.edu

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Many fields of medicine have looked at the issue of transitioning care from pediatrics to adults. This book focuses on that transition within the field of sleep medicine. This book gathers and presents in volume information that will assist practitioners to transition the care of their pediatric patients suffering from sleep disorders. The book will discuss anatomical, physiological and psychological aspects as children grow into adulthood. Specifically, changes in brain function and anatomy, cardiorespiratory function and anatomy, and changes in facial structure are explored. Also discussed are the tools that are used for assessing sleep and how it may apply differently to children and adults. Chapters cover each group of sleep disorders with focus on how the diagnosis, prognosis, and management may change with the transition from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. In addition, gaps in needs and research are discussed.

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9783031300097: Sleep Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide for Transitioning Pediatric to Adult Care

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ISBN 10:  3031300092 ISBN 13:  9783031300097
Editorial: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2023
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