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Peripheral Arterial Tonometry Events and Electroencephalographic Arousals in Children
Author(s) -
Riva Tauman,
Louise M. O’Brien,
Benjamin T. Mast,
Cheryl R. Holbrook,
David Gozal
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/27.3.502
Subject(s) - arousal , medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , sleep stages , anesthesia , apnea , sleep (system call) , hypopnea , cardiology , audiology , psychology , neuroscience , computer science , operating system
Peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) is a sensitive measure of moment-to-moment changes in sympathetic activity and reliably identifies arousals in adult subjects. We investigated whether PAT events during sleep are associated with visually recognizable electroencephalographic arousals in healthy children and in children with sleep-disordered breathing.

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