Overview
Has your child been diagnosed with sleep apnea? If so, you're not alone. In this comprehensive handbook for parents, pediatric sleep experts provide answers to the most common and difficult questions from parents, including: What is sleep apnea? What causes sleep apnea? How is sleep apnea diagnosed? How do I prepare my child for a sleep study? What are the treatment options? Why take the tonsils and adenoids out? How do I get my child to wear CPAP? TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Sleep Basics Njideka Osuala, DNP, APRN 2. Understanding Sleep Apnea Bahauddin Al-Shawwa, MD 3. Sleep Studies Teresa Schneider, RPSGT 4. Treating Sleep Apnea David Ingram, MD 5. Surgery for Sleep Apnea Jill Arganbright, MD & Hayat Adib, MD 6. CPAP for Sleep Apnea Tamika Cranford, RPSGT, RRT & Jane Taylor, MD 7. Helping Children Wear CPAP Kevin Smith, PhD 8. Special Kids Zarmina Ehsan, MD & Jane Taylor, MD 9. Additional Resources for Parents ALL BOOK PROFITS ARE DONATED All profits from sale of this book go directly to the Family Support Fund at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Family Support Fund is reducing barriers to pediatric health care by providing basic needs and services for Children's Mercy patients and caregivers including transportation, food, medicines, therapies and medical equipment. Our desired outcome is to eliminate all barriers to a child's medical care due to a family's inability to obtain basic necessities. All families utilizing the fund receive individualized case management services from a Children's Mercy social worker who helps them access free and low cost services both at the hospital, and within the community.
Full Product Details
Author: David G Ingram MD
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.161kg
ISBN: 9781540371478
ISBN 10: 1540371476
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 19 January 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
David Ingram, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician and sleep physician at Children's Mercy Hospital. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and sleep medicine fellowship at the University of Colorado and National Jewish Health. He currently serves as a founding editor of the Pediatric Sleep Case Conference as well as president-elect of the Missouri Sleep Society. He is assistant professor of pediatrics, and adjunct assistant professor in the department of psychology where he teaches a Sleep & Dreams college course at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He lives in Parkville, Missouri with his wife and daughter.
