Auditory stimulation during deep sleep enhances total slow-wave activity in a young cohort: A feasibility trial.

Cognitive, metabolic and sleep benefits associated with enhancement of sleep slow waves using closed-loop auditory stimulation have been reported in adults but not in adolescents, especially in home settings. Seventeen volunteers (10F/7M; age range: 13-18 years old) participated in a 2-week, single-blind, crossover study. STIM (auditory stimulation ON) and SHAM (auditory stimulation at zero-volume) were each applied for a week (randomized order).

Moving toward standardization: physician reporting of sleep studies.

Unlabelled: Detailed primary data collected from sleep studies should lead to specific and clear reports with evidence-based clinical recommendations that, when introduced by sleep medicine specialists, create a window of opportunity to support our non-sleep medicine referring teams and to engage patients and caregivers in their care as recipients of the reports. This is how sleep study reporting differs from other test reports; currently, there is wide variation in how the data collected are presented and summarized. The goal of this document is to offer recommendations for structured reporting of sleep studies.

Images: A Case of EEG Artifact By Proxy.

None: In this manuscript we describe a case of electroencephalography artifact during polysomnography that occurred in the context of mother co-sleeping with her child. The potential interference from a co-sleeping parent's electrocardiography, as illustrated in this case, may be an under-recognized source of electroencephalography artifact in pediatric patients.

Citation: Li A, Matthews CK, Plante DT.

Sleep coaches: characterization of a burgeoning pediatric provider group from Internet advertisements for services.

Sleep coaches are an emerging group of pediatric providers whose scope of services and regional distribution have not been well characterized. This descriptive analysis used Internet data to identify sleep coaches and certification programs in the US; we found a sizeable diversity of backgrounds, training, services offered, and pricing.

Seasonal trends in sleep-disordered breathing: evidence from Internet search engine query data.

Objective: The primary aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that there is a seasonal component to snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) through the use of Google search engine query data.

Methods: Internet search engine query data were retrieved from Google Trends from January 2006 to December 2012. Monthly normalized search volume was obtained over that 7-year period in the USA and Australia for the following search terms: "snoring" and "sleep apnea".

Effect of adenotonsillectomy on c-reactive protein levels in children with obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis.

Objective: Children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) have increased systemic inflammation, as assessed by c-reactive protein (CRP), and are at risk for substantial end-organ damage. Previous studies assessing the effect of adenotonsillectomy (T&A) on CRP in children with OSAS have yielded conflicting results. Therefore, the purpose of the current investigation was to perform a meta-analysis of the effect of T&A on CRP in children with OSAS and explore possible moderating factors.