Pediatric Polysomnography

Infant and Pediatric Polysomnography

Clinical and polysomnographic features of children evaluated with polysomnography in pediatric sleep laboratory.

AIM Sleep disordered breathing is a common problem in childhood that encompasses a spectrum of disorders extending from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnea. This study aims to investigate the results of children undergoing evaluation with polysomnography in the sleep laboratory of a tertiary care hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS Demographic and clinical features as well as sleep associat...

Polysomnography during critical illness.

A 48-year-old man with necrotizing fasciitis, acute renal failure, and post-operative from multiple surgical debridement of bilateral lower extremities underwent polysomnography as part of a research protocol. The patient was undergoing mechanical ventilation and was receiving continuous infusion of sedatives and narcotics for comfort. Intravenous midazolam at 5 mg per hour and fentanyl at 75 m...

Half-night polysomnography: how is it compared to full-night polysomnography?

I read with interest the paper by FANFULLA et al. [1] on half-night polysomnography (HN-PSG). The authors found that there was a significant difference between apnoeahypopnoea indices (AHIs) recorded in the first and second portion of a standardized full-night polysomnography (FN-PSG). The statistical difference was more significant in patients who did not have rapid eye movement (REM) sleep du...

Spectral Analysis of Polysomnography in Narcolepsy

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to identify differences between people with narcolepsy and the normal control of delta and theta activity using electroencephalogram (EEG) spectrum analysis of nocturnal polysomnography (PSG). METHODS Seven narcolepsy patients and seven age-sex matched normal controls underwent PSG and multiple sleep latency tests. Participants' non-rapid eye movement (NREM)...