Practice Parameters for the Respiratory Indications for Polysomnography in Children

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Authors

R. Nisha Aurora · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Rochelle Zak · University of California, San Francisco

Anoop Karippot · Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Carin Lamm · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Timothy I. Morgenthaler · Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Sanford Auerbach · Boston University

Sabin R. Bista

Abstract

Current evidence in the field of pediatric sleep medicine indicates that PSG has clinical utility in the diagnosis and management of sleep related breathing disorders. The accurate diagnosis of SRBD in the pediatric population is best accomplished by integration of polysomnographic findings with clinical evaluation.

Topics & Keywords

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Sleep and related disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: SLEEP

Volume 34, Issue 3, pp. 379-388

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/34.3.379

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