Learning Objectives

• Identify medical conditions associated with central sleep apnea, respiratory dysrhythmias, and hypoventilation;
• Describe the clinical presentation and PSG features of central sleep apnea and other respiratory dysrhythmias;
• Describe the clinical presentation and PSG features of hypoventilation syndromes that present in childhood; and
• Discuss the major advances in our understanding of SIDS and differentiate this condition from Infant Apnea Disorders.

References

• Weese-Mayer DE et al. An Official ATS Clinical Policy Statement: CCHS. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. 2010;181(6):626-644.

Presenters:

Dr. Rosen is a professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric pulmonary at Case University School of Medicine. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology, and Sleep Medicine. She is the medical director of pediatric sleep services and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and co-director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training program at University Hospitals of Cleveland. Her research interests include diagnostic testing strategies for sleep disordered breathing in children and adults, pediatric insomnia, and the impact of pediatric sleep disorders on functional outcomes.

She attended medical school at the University of Illinois in Chicago, did pediatric residency training at Washington University (St. Louis Children’s Hospital) and Baylor College of Medicine (Texas Children’s Hospital) in Houston, Texas. She did pediatric pulmonary fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas and additional research training at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. She has been a member of the pediatric pulmonary faculties at Baylor and Yale University.

Learning Objectives

• Identify a systematic approach to the evaluation of young children presenting with delayed sleep onset and/or prolonged night wakings;
• Evaluate a differential diagnosis for insomnia in young children; and
• Recognize and apply principles of behavioral management for insomnia in young children.

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Learning Objectives

• Identify a systematic approach to evaluating insomnia symptoms in school-aged children and adolescents;
• Evaluate a differential diagnosis for insomnia in older children; and
• Review special considerations in evaluating and managing insomnia in children with medical/psychiatric or neurodevelopmental comorbidities.

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Learning Objectives

• Identify the classes of medications that have been used to treat insomnia in children;
• Review available data on efficacy and safety of various hypnotic medications in children;
• Recognize side effects, drug interactions and safety concerns associated with the various hypnotic medications in children; and
• Review consensus guidelines for using sedative/hypnotic medications in children.

References

Presenters:

Dr. Rosen is a professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric pulmonary at Case University School of Medicine. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology, and Sleep Medicine. She is the medical director of pediatric sleep services and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and co-director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training program at University Hospitals of Cleveland. Her research interests include diagnostic testing strategies for sleep disordered breathing in children and adults, pediatric insomnia, and the impact of pediatric sleep disorders on functional outcomes.

She attended medical school at the University of Illinois in Chicago, did pediatric residency training at Washington University (St. Louis Children’s Hospital) and Baylor College of Medicine (Texas Children’s Hospital) in Houston, Texas. She did pediatric pulmonary fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas and additional research training at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. She has been a member of the pediatric pulmonary faculties at Baylor and Yale University.

Learning Objectives

• Define a parasomnia and know the latest classifications of parasomnias;
• Discuss the differential diagnoses of parasomnias, including seizure; and
• Develop an investigation and treatment protocol for managing patients with parasomnias.

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