To use objective quantification of polysomnographic (PSG) parameters in premature infants to define the severity and nature of obstructions (partial hypopnea vs. total obstruction), along with the imp...
Retrospective comparison of PSG features in 207 infants (<12 months) referred for sleep disordered breathing. Our study groups included term (> = 37 weeks GA, n = 162) and premature (<37 weeks GA, n =...
Overall, premature infants had greater apnea severity (AHI premature 13.9/h vs. Term 7.9/h, p = 0.018). Additional analyses showed that the primary difference between premature and term infants is see...
Children born premature have an OSA phenotype in infancy characterized by greater severity mostly due to frequent partial obstructions (hypopneas) rather than full obstructions (obstructive apnea). Pr...
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Effective monitoring of respiratory disturbances during sleep requires a sensor capable of accurately capturing chest movements or airflow displacement. Gold-standard monitoring of sleep and breathing...
This chapter reviews the Peds B-SATED model of pediatric sleep health and common pediatric sleep problems. Aspects of pediatric sleep health and sleep problems are considered across development, from ...
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is common in patients with neuromuscular diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). While polysomnography (PSG) findings have been described in natural history...
We conducted a cross-sectional cohort study of children with SMA followed at the University of Florida Center for neuromuscular and rare diseases and had a diagnostic or split night PSG after SMA trea...
Eight children were included in the cohort (four female), aged 5-250 days at diagnosis. Five children had two survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) copies, two had three SMN2 copies and one subject had four ...
SDB is common in treated children with SMA, regardless of age at diagnosis, treatment and neuromotor scores. While AHI may not be the only indicator of SDB in this population, indications, timing of P...
The present study validated a software-based electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis tool for detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) and risk for AF using polysomnography (PSG)-derived ECG recordings....
The Stroke Risk Analysis® (SRA®) software was applied to 3-channel ECG tracings from diagnostic PSG performed in enrolled subjects including a subgroup of subjects with previously documented AF. No su...
Of subjects enrolled in the study, 93 had previously documented AF and 178 of 186 had an ECG that could be analyzed by either method. In subjects with known history of AF, automated analysis using SRA...
Sleep studies provide a valuable source of ECG recordings that can be easily subjected to software-based analysis in order to identify manifest AF and automatically assess the risk of PAF. For optimal...
Snoring was monitored in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using the LEOSound-Monitor and simultaneously polysomnographic (PSG) recording. In obstructive apneas snoring is normally apparent ...
In 40 patients with OSA (AHI > 15/h) simultaneous polysomnographic recordings were performed amongst long-term respiratory sound monitoring using the LEOSound monitor. Patients' average age was 57±11 ...
3778 obstructive apnea episodes were monitored. LEOSound identified snoring in 1921 (51,0%), polysomnography in 2229 (58,8%) obstructive apneas. Only in one patient there was a higher difference in sn...
In nearly 60% of obstructive apnea events we found snoring during apnea-terminating hyperpnoea. LEOSound is a good diagnostic tool to monitor snoring. It is necessary to clarify why only 60% of all ob...
Polysomnography (PSG) utilizes abbreviated electroencephalogram (EEG) to stage sleep. The aim of this study was to determine whether epileptiform abnormalities on this limited EEG coverage correlated ...
A six-year retrospective chart review was performed assessing children with abnormalities on EEG during PSG. Children who underwent subsequent rEEG were included; children with a prior diagnosis of se...
A total of 67 children met inclusion criteria. Average age was six years, and 43 (64%) were male. rEEG was normal in 16 (24%). Epileptiform abnormalities were focal in 36 (54%), generalized in eight (...
Children with no history of seizures found to have abnormal EEG during PSG are likely to have an abnormal rEEG. Additionally, they have an increased risk for developing seizures....
This study determined if using alternative sleep onset (SO) definitions impacted accelerometer-derived sleep estimates compared with polysomnography (PSG). Nineteen participants (48%F) completed a 48 ...
Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Home sleep apnoea testing with peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) is a recommended diagnostic alternati...
Retrospective monocentric cohort study. Patients with a PAT AHI ≥ 5/h followed by an in-hospital PSG within three months were included. All patients with a PAT AHI ≥ 5/h but a PSG AHI < 5/h were class...
A total of 940 patients, 66% male with an average age of 55 ± 0.4 years and BMI of 31 ± 0.2 kg/m...
Concordance between PAT and PSG diagnosis of sleep apnoea is good, particularly in moderate and severe OSA. Predictors for discordant results between PAT and PSG were age, sex and BMI. MACE risk is si...
Intervals of low-quality photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals might lead to significant inaccuracies in estimation of pulse arrival time (PAT) during polysomnography (PSG) studies. While PSG is considered...
