Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children A Comprehensive Clinical Guid
Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide to Evaluation and Treatment is a comprehensive, timely and up-to-date review of pediatric sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and offers a thorough focus on several key areas: namel
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Leila Kheirandish-Gozal David Gozal Editors
Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children A Comprehensive Clinical Guide to Evaluation and Treatment
Editors Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, MD Section of Sleep Medicine Department of Pediatrics Pritzker School of Medicine The University of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
David Gozal, MD Department of Pediatrics Comer Children’s Hospital Pritzker School of Medicine The University of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
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Preface
The awareness of sleep-disordered breathing in children has steadfastly increased over the last several decades since the initial description of six cases of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in 1976 by Dr. Christian Guilleminault at Stanford University. Three decades later, it has become obvious that pediatric OSA is not only a highly prevalent condition, but we have also begun to extensively learn about the pathophysiological mechanisms that ultimately lea
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