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To detect a hypopnea in a pediatric patient during an NPSG your first choice (recommended) equipment to use would be:

The sum of the thorax and abdominal band RIP signals (RIPsum) is an estimate of:

In children, hypoventilation is defined by which of the following?

At what minimum age can you optionally begin scoring respiratory events under adult AASM criteria?

Transcutaneous PCO2 is the most accurate way to measure PCO2

To score an arousal it must last at least _____.

K complexes are usually present by age ___ to ___ months post-term.

Scoring SWA in children more difficult than it is for scoring SWA for adults because a childs brain activity is usually of low amplitude making scoring more difficult.

Sharply contoured waves with duration less than 0.5 seconds maximal over the central region and distinguishable from the background activity.

It is common for infants to enter sleep in stage R.