Paediatric Sleep Medicine Clinical Network

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Purpose of the Network

The purpose of the New Zealand Paediatric Sleep Medicine Clinical Network is to establish a multi-disciplinary network that will support New Zealand health care professionals working across community, primary, secondary and tertiary services to deliver an equitable, high quality, cost effective and integrated sleep medicine service for children, young people and their families/whanau. Read more...

• Summary of the New Zealand Guidelines for the Assessment of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Childhood

  This document is a summary of the New Zealand Guidelines for the Assessment of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Childhood. This guideline is intended for GPs and paediatricians involved in the care of children and young people 2 years and older.

• Guidelines for the Assessment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children

  This guideline has been produced by the New Zealand Paediatric Sleep Medicine Clinical Network  as an evidence-based summary for the assessment of children with sleep disordered breathing.

• Conferences in 2018/19

  Find out about upcoming sleep conferences both in New Zealand and overseas

• Kidshealth.org.nz

  Visit Kidshealth.org.nz to see a range of factsheets developed for parents/caregivers on sleep.