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Polysomnography Laboratory
Pediatric Sector![Sleep-related Breathing Disorders Laboratory Sleep-related Breathing Disorders Laboratory](https://iaso.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/images/default-source/topbanner/εργαστήριο-μελέτης-διαταραχών-αναπνοής-στον-ύπνο.tmb-1105x312.jpg?sfvrsn=53bf7937_2)
In the Sleep-related Breathing Disorders Laboratory, disorders of breathing during sleep in children and adolescents are studied. Children snoring, or with hypertrophic tonsils and/or adenoids and observable sleep apnea are examined.
The Department performs Polysomnography to check on how the chest and abdomen moves, with a simultaneous electroencephalography for sleep staging, electrocardiography for detecting bradycardia- tachycardia, oral and nasal airflow recording, and pulse oximetry for recording desaturation.
There is, in other words, an overall assessment of the way a child breathes during sleep, as it is defined internationally. This evaluation contributes substantially to the decision-making process for therapeutic procedures, always in consultation with an otorhinolaryngologist (ENT specialist).