Overnight video-polysomnographic studies in children with Intractable epileptic encephalopathies

Nenadić-Baranašić, Nataša and Gjergja-Juraski, Romana and Lehman, Ivan and Turkalj, Mirjana and Nogalo, Boro and Barišić, Nina (2018) Overnight video-polysomnographic studies in children with Intractable epileptic encephalopathies. Medical Science Monitor, 24. pp. 5405-5411. ISSN 1643-3750

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Abstract

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess sleep architecture and respiration during sleep in children with intractable epileptic encephalopathies using overnight video-polysomnography (V-PSG). ----- MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 2015 to 2017 overnight V-PSG recordings were made for 31 children (22 boys and 9 girls) with intractable epileptic encephalopathy with a mean age of 6.78±3.61 years and a mean body mass index (BMI) of 15.83±3.16 kg/m3. Thirty-one healthy children were matched for sex, age, and BMI as the control group. The phases of sleep studied included rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and non-REM (NREM) phases NREM 1, NREM 2, and NREM 3. Respiratory function during sleep was evaluated. ----- RESULTS Children with epileptic encephalopathies receiving antiepileptic treatment had significantly decreased total sleep time (TST) (p=0.038), significantly increased percentage of NREM1 (p=0.033), and a significantly lower percentage of total REM (p<0.0001), compared with the control group. All children 31/31 (100%) with epileptic encephalopathies had interictal epileptiform discharges, and 4/31 (12.9%) had ictal events. The number of respiratory events did not differ significantly between the two groups (p=0.118), but children in the epileptic encephalopathy group had a significantly shorter average duration (p=0.008) and longest duration (p=0.048) of respiratory events. Average (p=0.006) and least (p=0.0004) oxygen saturation (SatO2) were significantly lower in children with epileptic encephalopathies compared with the control group. ----- CONCLUSIONS Children with epileptic encephalopathies had altered sleep architecture and marked oxygen desaturation, which supports the need for referral of children with epileptic encephalopathy for overnight sleep evaluation.

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Additional Information: © Med Sci Monit. This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
MeSH: Child ; Child, Preschool ; Electroencephalography/methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Polysomnography/methods ; Respiration ; Respiratory Function Tests/methods ; Sleep ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/physiopathology ; Sleep Wake Disorders/diagnostic imaging ; Sleep Wake Disorders/physiopathology ; Sleep, REM ; Spasms, Infantile/complications
Departments: Katedra za pedijatriju
Depositing User: Anja Majstorović
Status: Published
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Nenadić-Baranašić, NatašaUNSPECIFIED
Gjergja-Juraski, RomanaUNSPECIFIED
Lehman, IvanUNSPECIFIED
Turkalj, MirjanaUNSPECIFIED
Nogalo, BoroUNSPECIFIED
Barišić, NinaUNSPECIFIED
Date: 4 August 2018
Date Deposited: 24 Jun 2019 09:35
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2019 09:35
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URI: http://medlib.mef.hr/id/eprint/3297

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