title: Practical aspects of scoring sleep in children.
abstract: As the indications for pediatric polysomnography expand, and the high prevalence of sleep disorders in childhood becomes increasingly recognized, there is a need for enabling practicing physicians to identify correctly events occurring in polysomnographic tracings. A summary description of the most salient features of the various sleep states and of the characteristics and visual patterns corresponding to frequent events among several recognized diseases is provided.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, 571 S. Floyd Street, Suite 419, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. 10khei01@gwise.louisville.edu
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kheirandish-Gozal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000379:methods; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology