RCPCH Working Party on Sleep Physiology and Respiratory Control Disorders in Childhood

RCPCH Working Party on Sleep Physiology and Respiratory Control Disorders in Childhood - Standards for Services for Children with Disorders of Sleep Physiology

This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of disorders of sleep physiology and respiratory control in children and the organisation of such services nationally.  It is particularly relevant to parents, primary and secondary care physicians, surgeons and health service managers.  

The GDG included representatives from sleep physiology, physiology, paediatrics, physiotherapy, paediatric neurology and neurophysiology as well as one patient/carer representative on the GDG.  Systematic searches to answer the clinical questions were carried out on the following databases (different databases and dates were used for different clinical questions): Medline (1950-2007), Cochrane Database (no dates reported) and CINAHL (1982-2006).  The searches included evidence published and included in the databases until December 2006/January 2007.  Recommendations were formulated by the evidence that supported them.  Initially, informal consensus of the working party was used to agree the wording of recommendations which were then agreed by expert reviewers.  Where no substantial clinical research evidence was identified, expert opinion of the GDG was used.

The guideline includes a proforma for peer review of sleep services, discussion of service and resource implications and key points for audit.  The guideline is accompanied by lay summaries on:

 

Date of Publication: September 2009

Summary Posted: June 2008

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