My child cannot breathe while sleeping: a report of three cases and review
- Authors
- Seo, Won Hee; Park, Minkyu; Eun, So-Hee; Rhie, Seonkyeong; Song, Dae Jin; Chae, Kyu-Young
- Issue Date
- 18-7월-2017
- Publisher
- BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
- Keywords
- Breath-holding spell; Gastroesophageal reflux; Laryngospasm; Nocturnal seizure; Polysomnography; Sleep
- Citation
- BMC PEDIATRICS, v.17
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BMC PEDIATRICS
- Volume
- 17
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/82814
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12887-017-0922-9
- ISSN
- 1471-2431
- 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. 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). 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.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Medicine > Department of Medical Science > 1. Journal Articles
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.