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Lynne Lamberg

JAMA. 2005;293:2327-2329.

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Amelia Island, Fla—A fussy baby fails to grow normally. A 7-year-old who has autism goes to sleep at 9 PM but awakens for the day at 2 AM. A 9-year-old cannot sit still in class and seldom completes homework. A 17-year-old honor student attends band practice, stays up late to finish homework, and drives through a red light on the way to school the next morning, clipping a delivery van.

One in 4 children and adolescents has a problem with sleep that warrants a physician’s attention, specialists in pediatric sleep medicine say. Yet such problems often go unrecognized. Children who sleep too little or sleep poorly are more apt to be inattentive and hyperactive—tired and wired—than overtly drowsy.

Sleep problems in children and adolescents often go unrecognized by physicians.

At a recent meeting here sponsored by Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, pediatric sleep specialists discussed ways . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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