Children's sleep service

Our sleep service offers comprehensive assessment of children with a range of sleep disorders including:

• Obstructive sleep apnoea
• Central sleep apnoea / hypoventilation
• Nocturnal hypoxaemia
• Narcolepsy / hypersomnolence
• Restless leg syndrome / Periodic limb movements in sleep
• Circadian rhythm disorders
• Insomnia-related disorders
• Parasomnias

Professor Habibi holds new and follow-up consultation clinics for those children that would benefit from them.

We offer the following diagnostic sleep studies for the investigation of the above conditions:

• Cardiorespiratory sleep study (either at home or in hospital)
• Polysomnography
• Multiple sleep latency test
• Actigraphy
• Nocturnal oxygen therapy assessment
• CPAP / NIV assessment

A variety of treatments are available depending on the nature and severity of the sleep disorder diagnosed. Certain sleep-related breathing disorders may require ENT surgical intervention or CPAP/NIV therapy. Disorders related to the sleep/wake cycle may require specialist medications or behavioural intervention therapy.

Further online resources

• British Sleep Society