Pediatric hypnic headache: a systematic review.

Introduction: Hypnic headache (HH) is a primary headache, and it is considered a rare condition in children. The underlying mechanisms of HH are not yet fully understood. This systematic review aims to provide a comprehensive description of the clinical features of all published cases of pediatric HH.

Can myofunctional therapy increase tongue tone and reduce symptoms in children with sleep-disordered breathing?

Purpose: Data in the literature suggest that myofunctional therapy (MT) may be able to play a role in the treatment of children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Our study investigated the effectiveness of MT in reducing respiratory symptoms in children with SDB by modifying tongue tone.

Methods: Polysomnographic recordings were performed at baseline to assess obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity in 54 children (mean age 7.

Diagnosis of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Settings With Limited Resources.

Importance: Although polysomnographic (PSG) testing is the gold standard for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children, the number of pediatric sleep laboratories is limited. Developing new screening methods for identifying OSAS may reduce the need for PSG testing.

Objective: To evaluate the combined use of the sleep clinical record (SCR) and nocturnal oximetry testing for predicting PSG results in children with clinically suspected OSAS.

Autonomic imbalance during apneic episodes in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.

Objectives: To investigate the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) during sleep in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in order to detect a possible cardiac ANS imbalance analyzing heart rate variability (HRV).

Methods: 43 subjects between 4 and 12 years of age (7.26 ± 2.

Urinary concentration of 8-isoprostane as marker of severity of pediatric OSAS.

Background: F2-isoprostanes are considered to be a reliable standard biomarker of oxidative stress in vivo because they are not influenced by the intake of lipids in the diet, and they are chemically stable molecules and easily detected. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that 8-isoprostane level is a useful marker to valuate the severity of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: Sixty-five children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) (mean age 5.

The cooccurrence of interictal discharges and seizures in pediatric sleep-disordered breathing.

Studies in the literature data have shown that the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children with epilepsy is high and that treatment for OSA leads to a reduction in the number of seizures; by contrast, few studies have demonstrated an increased prevalence of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) or epilepsy in children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). The aim of the present study was to confirm the high prevalence of IEDs or epilepsy in a large sample of children with SDB and to collect follow-up data. Children were recruited prospectively and underwent their first video-polysomnography (video-PSG) for SDB in a teaching hospital sleep center.

Sleep clinical record: an aid to rapid and accurate diagnosis of paediatric sleep disordered breathing.

Overnight polysomnography (PSG) is an expensive procedure which can only be used in a minority of cases, although it remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing (SDB). The objective of this study was to develop a simple, PSG-validated tool to screen SDB, thus reducing the use of PSG. For every participant we performed PSG and a sleep clinical record was completed.