Diagnostic des troubles respiratoires du sommeil de l'enfant. Nouvelles recommandations de l'American Academy of Sleep Medicine pour le codage visuel des polysomnographies

After defining the clinical and diagnostic criteria of Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) in children, the 2012 revised AASM recommendations rules are presented: technical considerations and recommended sensors, respiratory event definitions, scoring criteria. Polysomnographic criteria for sleep disordered breathing in children and guidelines from the French national autority for health for indications of polysomnographic studies are reported.