About Plateau Pediatrics
Located in Crossville, Tennessee, we are excited about helping serve the health care needs of Cumberland County children. Our three board-certified pediatricians and two board-certified pediatric nurse practitioners care for young people from birth until age 21, marriage, or pregnancy. We provide comprehensive medical home services, including:
- Well-baby and well-child exams
- Daycare, school, sports, and camp physicals
- Same-day appointments for sick and injured children
- Management of chronic childhood illnesses
- Primary care for children with special needs
- All required (and some optional) vaccines
- Nutrition counseling with a registered dietitian
- Breastfeeding support services
- Hearing, vision, developmental, and behavioral screening
- Inpatient care at Cumberland Medical Center for children requiring hospitalization
- Coordination of tests and services (physical therapy, MRI)
- Coordination of referral care for children requiring pediatric subspecialists
- An on-call physician available by phone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Suzanne Berman, M.D.
Parents are often unsure if their child is getting enough sleep. In addressing this, we look at several things:
Where does the child compare to the normal range for his or her age?
A 2003 study (Pediatrics, 1111:2, Feb 2003, pp. 302-307) performed by Swiss researchers showed that 96% of children at a given age fell in the following ranges of total sleep hours (nighttime and daytime naps combined):
1 month old: 9 to 19 hours a day (average, 14.4 hours)
3 months old: 10.3 to 18.8 hours a day (average, 14.6 hours)
6 months old: 10.4 to 18.1 hours a day (average, 14.2 hours)
9 months old: 10.5 to 17.4 hours a day (average, 13.9 hours)
1 year old: 11.4 to 16.5 hours a day (average, 13.9 hours)
2 years old: 10.8 to 15.6 hours a day (average, 13.2 hours)
3 years old: 10.3 to 14.8 hours a day (average, 12.5 hours)
4 years old: 9.7 to 14 hours a day (average, 11.8 hours)
5 years old: 9.5 to 13.3 hours a day (average, 11.4 hours)
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September 11th, 2012
Robert Berman, M.D.
Suzanne Berman, M.D.
What qualifies as a fever?
A child's body temperature is not a constant 98.6 degrees. During the course of a typical day, body temperature may vary almost two degrees above or below the 98.6 average. Fever is considered to be present if the body temperature is outside of this normal range. As measur...
February 1st, 2012
Plateau Pediatrics has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient Centered Medical Home. This program measures a practice's ability to provide systematic, comprehensive, patient-centered quality care for its community. We were delighted to achieve the highest level of recognition, making us the secon...