Evaluation and Management of Movement Disorders in Children

摘要: Sleep-related movement disorders (SRMD) are a group of conditions that involve simple, non-purposeful, and stereotyped movements occur during sleep or sleep-wake transitions. In pediatric patients, these events may be concerning to parents brought up the screening for allergic child. Fortunately, majority benign, require no treatment, resolve spontaneously. Some sleep-related disorders, like restless legs syndrome rhythmic disorder, seen at onset, while others, such as periodic limb disorder benign myoclonus infancy, in sleeping some cases, with bruxism, condition either child is awake. Normal variants, including hypnic jerks, hypnogogic foot tremor, catathrenia, which confused more conditions, also discussed. For each condition, diagnostic criteria literature regarding evaluation treatment reviewed.