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SW17 Polysomnography in adults and children

Skills workshop
Chairs: Refika Hamutcu Ersu (İstanbul, Turkey)
Aims: To demonstrate how to perform and interpret sleep studies in both adults and children; to highlight the differences between paediatric and adult polysomnography (PSG) and polygraphy including the complexities of sleep and respiratory testing along with the limitations, advantages, and pitfalls; to be able to recognise when different scoring rules should be applied depending on the age of a patient.
Target audience: Any health professional who works in or with sleep related breathing disorders or sleep disorders in either children, adults or both.

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Programme SW17 Polysomnography in adults and children
Workstation 1: Setting up polysomnography and polygraphy in adults and children Elizabeth Hill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), Athanasios G. Kaditis (Athens, Greece), Paul Murphy (Mölndal, Sweden), Andrew Morley (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Workstation 2: Interpreting polysomnography and polygraphy in children Refika Hamutcu Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Workstation 3: Interpreting polysomnography and polygraphy in adults Raphael Heinzer (Lausanne, Switzerland)