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Snoring & Sleep Difficulties in Children Masterclass

Access

12 months

Format

Online Masterclass

Duration

3 hours

Presenter

Dr. Jim Papadopoulos

Join one of Australia’s leading sleep medicine physicians, Dr. Jim Papadopoulos, for this special masterclass in sleep difficulties in children.

Dr. Jim Papadopoulos is widely known for his work with sleep studies in children, and in particular children with ADHD special needs, orthodontic problems, gastro-intestinal issues and need for CPAP therapy. 

Disordered sleep is prevalent, affecting 30% of children. In fact, some subgroups of children have an even higher chance of having sleep problems, e.g., children with Developmental Delay/Disability (60%), Autistic Spectrum Disorder (80%) & Down Syndrome (80% have OSA).

Disordered sleep affects mood, behaviour and cognition and has an adverse impact on the family. Adverse intellectual impacts may be irreversible. Snoring, even if non-vibratory (heavy breathing) can indicate the presence of underlying Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), Allergic Rhinitis, Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease and/or structural anomalies. These are also important contributors to adverse dentofacial outcomes.

We all know that snoring even without OSA can have adverse neurocognitive and dentofacial consequences. Around 10% of children snore, yet only about 3% have obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). This means that only one-third of children who snore have OSA. What’s happening with the other two-thirds? Dr. Jim Papadopoulos will explore snoring and sleep difficulties in children from a new perspective and establish a background knowledge base from which we can start to tackle real world clinical conundrums in paediatric sleep.

Learning Outcomes
  • Understand the health burden of snoring and sleep difficulties in children
  • Understand the symptoms, signs and tests which help us evaluate snoring and sleep difficulties in children
  • Understand the importance of a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of snoring and sleep difficulties in children

MEET YOUR PRESENTER

Dr. Jim Papadopoulos

MBBS(Hons) DipPaed, FRACP, Level 2 Paediatric Sleep Medicine
Dr. Papadopoulos is a conjoint lecturer at the UNSW and at the University of Sydney, directs the Paediatric Sleep Disorders Unit at St George Private hospital and Seaforth Terrace Millers Point, is a staff specialist sleep paediatrician in the South East Sydney Local Health District and an Honorary sleep paediatrician at St George Public Hospital. He is one of Australia's leading sleep medicine physicians and is widely known for his work with sleep studies in children, and in particular children with developmental delay and disability, AD/HD, orthodontic problems, gastro-intestinal issues and need for CPAP therapy. Dr. Papadopoulos qualified as a General Paediatrician in 2002 and in 2003 he became the first prospectively accredited Level 2 Paediatric sleep physician in Australasia (highest possible level). Dr. Papadopoulos also established Australia’s first multidisciplinary Sleep Clinic for developmentally delayed children (2003), the adolescent sleep unit at St George Hospital (2008) and the first paediatric sleep clinic within the Department of Orthodontics at Sydney Dental Hospital (2008). He has established two Paediatric Sleep Laboratories, the first at St George Private Hospital (2003), which subsequently became the first ASA/NATA accredited Paediatric Sleep Laboratory in Sydney (2016). This continues to be the only Private Hospital Paediatric Sleep Unit in NSW to offer accredited services for both diagnostic studies and CPAP, making it unique amongst private paediatric sleep laboratories in Sydney. In 2023, his second sleep laboratory was established in the Sydney CBD at Seaforth Terrace, a restored State Heritage Listed building in historical Millers Point near Barangaroo.