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A sleep disturbance in high risk for SIDS infants
Author(s) -
CORNWELL ANNE CHRISTAKE,
LAXMINARAYAN SWAMY
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1993.tb00071.x
Subject(s) - disturbance (geology) , sleep disorder , sleep (system call) , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , audiology , psychiatry , insomnia , biology , computer science , operating system , paleontology
SUMMARY A developmentally immature sleep pattern has been identified in infants with a recent history of an unexplained life‐threatening episode of sleep apnoea who are considered at risk for SIDS. In these infants there is a persistence of Sleep Onset REM Periods (SOREMPS) after prolonged wakefulness when compared to controls matched for age, sex, birthweight and race. This sleep characteristic has not been previously reported.