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. 2020 Jun;105(3):130-135.
doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316031. Epub 2019 Oct 15.

How to interpret polysomnography

Kai Wen Leong  1 , Amanda Griffiths  2 , Anne-Marie Adams  2 , John Massie  3   4
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How to interpret polysomnography

Kai Wen Leong et al. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

A 5-year-old child presents to a paediatric clinic with their parents because of concerns about snoring, which is loud, every night and associated with respiratory pauses. This has been present for 6 months. Can clinical evaluation diagnose sleep-disordered breathing in children or are further investigations required? Should further investigations include oximetry or polysomnography? If a polysomnogram is performed, how are the results interpreted? In this paper we describe the indications for polysomnography, outline the parameters measured and decode a clinical polysomnography report.

Keywords: polysomnography; sleep disordered breathing; sleep study.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Comment in

  • Response to 'How to interpret polysomnography' by Leong et al.
    Farquhar M, Urquhart DS, Russo K, Abel F, Elphick HE, Gibson N, Gringras P, Hill C, Joseph D, Kingshott RN, Orgill J, Narayan O, Samuels M, Tan HL. Farquhar M, et al. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2020 Jun;105(3):136. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318613. Epub 2020 Feb 5. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2020. PMID: 32024670 No abstract available.