Cerebral palsy and sleep: nonpharmacological treatment and impact on the life of caregivers - an integrative review.

Background:  Children with cerebral palsy have a higher prevalence of sleep disorders, with numerous factors associated with a negative impact on the quality of life of caregivers.

Objective:  To identify factors related to sleep disorders, nonpharmacological treatment, and the impact on the lives of caregivers.

Methods:  The present literature review was carried out in the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), the Cochrane Library, Scopus, PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycInfo, WorldCat, Web of Science, Latin American Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), and Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), with the descriptors , and .

Analysis of frontal sharp transients in 32 neonatal polysomnography in healthy fullterm newborns.

Objective: To identify and quantify frontal sharp transients found in neonatal polysomnography of healthy full term newborns in each stage of the sleep-wake cycle within the first 48 hours of life.

Method: The EEG from healthy term 32 newborns, legal age of two days and with adequate monitoring during pregnancy. Frontal sharp transients (FST) were quantified, according to synchronous or asynchronous, in each stage of the sleep-wake cycle.