Polysomnography as the objective method of sleep study
Basic knowledge on sleep neurophysiology
Sleep ontogeny
Sleep chronobiology
The mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of respiration
Respiratory and other physiological characteristics during sleep
Arousals
Major forms of sleep disorders in infants and young children and approaches to their correction
Apnea of prematurity and infantile apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
Central hypoventilation
Apparent life-threatening events (ALTE)
Sleep disordered breathing and chronic pulmonary diseases
Approaches to evaluation and management in cases of sleep disordered breathing in infants and young children
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome : definition and epidemiology
SIDS and sleep disordered breathing
Infant behavioral characteristics associated with SIDA and its risk factors
Model of SIDS and preventive strategies.