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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Polysomnography Is an Important Method for Diagnosing Pediatric Sleep Problems: Experience of One Children's Hospital.

Chien-Heng Lin, Chieh-Ho Chen, Syuan-Yu Hong, I-Ching Chou, Shinn-Jye Liang, Liang-Wen Hang

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. [Undiagnosed sleep disorders in children from a hospital in Puebla, Mexico].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2025
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  4. Sleep bruxism and associated physiological events in children with obstructive sleep apnea: a polysomnographic study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chien-Heng LinDivision of Pediatric Pulmonology, China Medical University Children's Hospital, Taichung 404327, Taiwan.
Chieh-Ho ChenDivision of Pediatric Pulmonology, China Medical University Children's Hospital, Taichung 404327, Taiwan.
Syuan-Yu HongCollege of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404328, Taiwan.
I-Ching ChouDivision of Pediatric Neurology, China Medical University Children's Hospital, Taichung 404327, Taiwan.
Shinn-Jye LiangSleep Medicine Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404327, Taiwan.
Liang-Wen HangSleep Medicine Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404327, Taiwan.
China Medical University · TWChina Medical University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we collected and analyzed polysomnography (PSG) data to investigate the value of PSG in diagnosing sleep problems in children. The results of PSG studies of children (<18 years old) with sleep problems conducted from April 2015 to May 2017 at a children's hospital in Taiwan were collected and analyzed retrospectively. Data for 310 patients (209 males and 101 females) who underwent PSG were collected. The final diagnoses were as follows: obstructive sleep apnea in 159 (51.3%), snoring in 81 (26.4%), limb movement sleep disorder in 25 (8.1%), hypersomnias in 12 (3.9%), central apnea in 8 (2.9%), enuresis in 7 (2.3%), bruxism in 5 (1.6%), sleep terrors in 5 (1.6%), narcolepsy in 3 (1.0%), sleep seizures in 3 (1.0%), sleep walking in 1 (0.3%), and insomnia in 1 (0.3%). PSG may help detect significant sleep-related problems in children and is useful for making therapeutic decisions regarding children. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) was the primary sleep problem for most of the children (51.3%); however, only 7.4% of them underwent surgery for OSAS. We therefore suggest that children with sleep problems should undergo PSG.

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childrenobstructive sleep apneapolysomnographysleep disordersTaiwan

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