The St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Sleep Center is dedicated to the evaluation of cardiorespiratory and sleep disorders in infants, children and adolescents. It is equipped with a new state-of-the-art comprehensive polysomnographic monitoring system, which is staffed by pediatric sleep technologists. The Sleep Center consists of a multidisciplinary team of board-certified sleep specialists, pediatric epileptologist and neuromuscular specialists and otorhinolaryngologists.
An overnight sleep study or polysonogram is a tool that can help in the evaluation and management of children with symptoms that include:
- Snoring
- Mouth breathing
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Behavioral problems that include inattentiveness in school and hyperactivity
- Cyanotic or choking spells
- Obesity-related sleep disorders
- Narcolepsy
- Neuromuscular diseases
- Hypoventilation
- Pre and post-operative evaluation for scoliosis, spina bifida, cleft palate and other neurosurgical and craniofacial disorders
- Determination of respiratory needs for oxygen and ventilatory Support
Contact Us
Pediatric Sleep Center
St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center
224 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
973-754-2550
