Polysomnography in preterm infants and children with chronic lung disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the utility of overnight polysomnography (PSG) in assessing pulmonary reserve in stable preterm children with chronic lung disease (CLD).

Study design

A retrospective review and descriptive study of overnight PSGs and clinic visits of preterm infants/children less than 3 years of age who were diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia at discharge from the hospital and enrolled in the Johns Hopkins CLD patient registry between 2008 and 2010.

Results

Sixty-two clinically stable patients underwent at least one overnight polysomnogram for clinical indications. The majority of patients were referred for oxygen titration (71%). PSGs from first studies revealed a mean respiratory disturbance index (RDI) of 8.2 ± 10.1 events/hr and a mean O(2) saturatio

SUBMITTER: McGrath-Morrow SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751876 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature