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My child cannot breathe while sleeping: a report of three cases and review.
- Source :
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BMC pediatrics [BMC Pediatr] 2017 Jul 18; Vol. 17 (1), pp. 169. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jul 18. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background: Sudden breath-holding episodes during sleep in young children are potentially related to sudden infant death syndrome and other life-threatening events. Additionally, these episodes can negatively affect child's growth and development.<br />Case Presentation: Here, we present 3 cases of preschool children with similar paroxysmal nocturnal waking events associated with choking that had different etiologies (nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux disease, and parasomnia, respectively).<br />Conclusions: It is important to take into consideration the fact that breath spells during sleep can occur as a rare manifestation of parasomnia due to gastroesophageal reflux or as a symptom of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. Full video electroencephalography, polysomnography, and simultaneous gastric pH monitoring should be used for the differential diagnosis of sleep-related disorders, such as breath spells, in children.
- Subjects :
- Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe physiopathology
Esophageal pH Monitoring
Female
Gastroesophageal Reflux physiopathology
Humans
Parasomnias physiopathology
Polysomnography
Breath Holding
Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe diagnosis
Gastroesophageal Reflux diagnosis
Parasomnias diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1471-2431
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BMC pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28720085
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0922-9