Article
Polysomnographic characteristics of a referred sample of children with sickle cell disease.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine - 15 Aug 2010
Rogers Valerie E, Lewin Daniel S, Winnie Glenna B, Geiger-Brown Jeanne
Abstract excerpt
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe polysomnographic parameters and their clinical correlates in a referred sample of children with sickle cell disease (SCD). METHODS: This was a retrospective medical record review of 55 consecutive children aged 2-18 years with SCD (hemoglobin [Hb] SS and Hb SC genoty...
Topics
- Adenoidectomy
- Adolescent
- Age Factors
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Comorbidity
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Genotype
- Hemoglobin SC Disease
- Hemoglobin, Sickle
- Humans
- Male
- Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome
- Oxygen
- Oxyhemoglobins
- Polysomnography