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[Sleep in children: physiology and update of a literature review]

Mandeep Rana1, Claudia Riffo Allende2, Tomás Mesa Latorre2

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.

Medicina
|October 12, 2019
PubMed

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This review details normal sleep patterns in childhood, highlighting sleep

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Sleep Medicine
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Child Health and Wellness

Background:

  • Sleep is a vital physiological process impacting overall health, including growth, learning, and immune function.
  • Sleep patterns undergo significant developmental changes from infancy through adulthood.
  • Infants spend over 50% of their time sleeping, contrasting with adults' one-third.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe typical sleep patterns observed during childhood.
  • To provide an overview of developmental changes in sleep architecture from infancy to adulthood.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review synthesizing current knowledge on pediatric sleep.
  • Analysis of developmental trajectories of sleep and wakefulness.

Main Results:

  • Sleep is a dynamic process with distinct patterns across developmental stages.
  • Childhood sleep patterns are crucial for cognitive, emotional, and physical development.
  • Significant shifts in sleep duration and architecture occur during early life.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding normal childhood sleep is essential for identifying developmental deviations.
  • Pediatric sleep patterns are fundamental to healthy growth, learning, and neurodevelopment.
  • This review serves as a foundational resource on typical sleep development in children.

Keywords:
pediatricsphysiologysleep

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