Little SynapsesEEG Academy

Chapter 03

Normal sleep EEG by age

How drowsiness and sleep look from the newborn to the teenager, and the patterns most often mistaken for something abnormal.

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At this age.

Figures are computer-drawn teaching illustrations at realistic time base and sensitivity, not patient recordings.

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    Clinical correlation

    What it means for the child and family

    Review

    Chapter 03 · 5 key takeaways

    1. 01Read sleep by age first. What is normal at 4 months can be abnormal at 4 years.
    2. 02Hypnagogic hypersynchrony is normal drowsiness in children. It has no spikes and does not evolve.
    3. 03Spindles are out of step in infants and should be in step by about age 2.
    4. 04Children’s vertex waves can be tall and sharp. Check the field: maximal at Cz, symmetric, only in sleep.
    5. 05Sleep brings out many epileptiform discharges. A study without sleep is often incomplete.
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    Chapters

    1. 01Pediatric EEG basicsSoon
    2. 02Normal awake EEG by ageSoon
    3. 03Normal sleep EEG by ageOpen
    4. 04Neonatal EEGSoon
    5. 05Artifacts in childrenSoon
    6. 06Normal variantsSoon
    7. 07SlowingSoon
    8. 08Focal discharges and self-limited focal epilepsiesSoon
    9. 09Generalized dischargesSoon
    10. 10Hypsarrhythmia and infantile spasmsSoon
    11. 11Developmental and epileptic encephalopathiesSoon
    12. 12Seizures and continuous EEGSoon
    13. 13Writing the pediatric EEG reportSoon
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