grand rounds - children are not little adults; pulmonary and sleep medicine perspective

Presented By:

Khalid Safi, MD, FAAP, FAASM- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, WSU BSOM; Division Chief, Pediatric Sleep Medicine; Medical Director, Pediatric Sleep Lab, Dayton Children’s Hospital

Objectives:

1. Illustrate change in respiratory system physiology with age, and how that impacts treatment decisions for children with respiratory disorders and breathing control disorders.
2. Discuss change in normal sleep with age.
3. Describe how to differentiate between normal and abnormal sleep.
4. Recognize how to implement treatment strategies for children with gas exchange abnormalities and/or different forms of control of breathing disorders.

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