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by SherriC
Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:57 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep disorders in child
Replies: 15
Views: 1687

Re: Sleep disorders in child

-If neurological problems are a concern be sure to ask neurology if your son should have additional EEG monitoring during the sleep study. During a sleep study generally the EEG is primarily used to monitor sleep stages. If there is any concern about the possibility of seizures additional EEG leads...
by SherriC
Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep disorders in child
Replies: 15
Views: 1687

Re: Sleep disorders in child

My son's sleep doctor/ pulmonolgist is from Children's Colorado, and she is awesome! Not sure if she is accepting new patients, but if you do decide to go to Children's Colo PM me and I'll give you her name. Good Luck! Thanks so much for your input. This are helpful things to think about. I will de...
by SherriC
Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep disorders in child
Replies: 15
Views: 1687

Re: Sleep disorders in child

Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts and suggestions. I spoke with the pediatrician (via nurse) yesterday and they are considering either redoing the study locally, possibly with CPAP, or referring us to an out of state clinic with pediatric sleep specialists. I prefer the latter because if I am goin...
by SherriC
Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:20 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep disorders in child
Replies: 15
Views: 1687

Sleep disorders in child

Hi everyone! I’m here trying to learn more to help my 9 year old boy. Recent sleep study showed mild apnea (4 in 6 hours of sleep) and hypopnea (14). Sleep doctor notes that the degree of hypoxia was surprising given mild apnea. The thing that really stands out to me is that he had 464 spontaneous a...