Conditions We Treat

The Pediatric Sleep Center is a service of the Pulmonary and Cystic Fibrosis Center at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. We provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of conditions such as:

• Sleep disordered breathing (Obstructive sleep apnea, primary snoring, noisy breathing)
  
• Apnea of infancy
• Asthma and nocturnal cough
  
• Apparent-Life-Threatening-Event (ALTE)
  
• Chronic lung disease
  
• Central sleep apnea
  
• Obesity hyperventilation syndrome
• Behavioral problems (bedtime struggles, night wakings)
• Behavioral and cognitive problems that may be worsened by sleep apnea, such as ADHD
  
• Upper airway resistance syndrome
  
• Restless leg syndrome
• Rhythmic movement disorders (periodic limb movement disorder, head banging)
• Epilepsy or other seizures that may be influenced by nocturnal respiratory problems
• Circadian rhythm disorders and sleep schedule abnormalities
• Restless sleep
• Parasomnias (sleepwalking, confusional arousal, sleep terrors, sleep enuresis and nightmares)
• Narcolepsy and hypersomnias not due to narcolepsy