Significant knowledge and practice gaps among primary care providers pose barriers to adequate screening, identification, and treatment of sleep problems in children. Clinical exposure to sleep disorders remains relatively underemphasized during residency training. In this article, we provide an updated overview of the prevalence and treatment of common sleep disorders in childhood and adolescence.
After completing this article, readers should be able to:
Recognize sleep disorders and distinguish between categories of sleep disorders.
Identify the prevalence and presentation of common pediatric sleep disorders.
Summarize the commonly used assessment techniques to diagnose sleep disorders.
Offer the most up-to-date, evidence-based treatments for common sleep disorders.
Sleep evolves from the newborn period through adulthood. Knowledge of these developmental changes is useful in evaluating sleep disorders. Newborns have no circadian rhythm, take frequent naps during the 24-hour day, and spend almost 50% of their total sleep time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. (...
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