Sleep Medicine

US sleep medicine guidelines come from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine) and AAP for pediatric sleep.

AASM guidelines

• AASM Clinical Practice Guidelines — full set; J Clin Sleep Med open access.
• AASM Insomnia Treatment (Adult, 2017) — Sateia et al; CBT-I first-line.
• AASM Behavioral & Psychological Treatment of Chronic Insomnia (2021) — Edinger et al; current behavioral protocols.
• AASM OSA Diagnostic Testing (2017) — Kapur et al; HSAT vs in-lab PSG criteria.
• AASM CPAP Treatment of OSA (2019) — Patil et al.
• AASM Restless Legs Syndrome (2025) — current iron and pharmacotherapy recommendations.

Pediatric sleep

• AAP CPG: Diagnosis & Management of Childhood OSA (2012) — Marcus et al, Pediatrics.
• AAP Technical Report on Childhood OSA — companion to CPG above.
• BEARS Sleep Screening Tool — Owens 5-domain peds sleep screen.

Calculators / scores

• STOP-BANG (Adult OSA, MDCalc) — 8-item adult OSA risk score; Chung 2008 Anesthesiology.
• Epworth Sleepiness Scale (MDCalc) — 8-item daytime sleepiness instrument.
• Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) — 7-item self-report; Morin 2011 Sleep.
• Berlin Questionnaire (OSA) — alternative adult OSA screen.

Patient resources

• Sleep Foundation — National Sleep Foundation patient education; well-cited.
• CDC Sleep & Sleep Disorders — CDC handouts on adult and adolescent sleep hygiene.