Electroencephalogram patterns during sleep reflux in infants

摘要: Abstract Twenty-four infants, 3–35 months of age, with histories apnea or chronic lung disease underwent nighttime polysomnography and esophageal pH monitoring. Fifteen infants had pathological levels gastroesophageal reflux on monitoring, 9 normal study results (symptomatic controls). Partition sleep stages, efficiency, frequency arousals to electroencephalographic stage 0 were the same in both groups. During sleeping episodes, defined as starting during stages 1–5 episodes consisting >50% 1–5, there was a 50% decrease amount electroencephalogram pattern compared nonreflux sleep, compensatory increase non-rapid eye movement stages. Reflux onsets patients evenly divided between 0, 12, 5. Onset occurred rarely 3 4. Slight body accompanied onset 62.5% symptomatic controls 64.7% reflux. Arousals equal patients, did not over observed value for time. There no differences patterns without reflux; nor decreases from However, occurring all studied characterized by significant (waking) electroencephalogram.