Jethwa, S;
Pressler, RM;
Kaya, D;
Datta, AN;
(2022)
Sleep architecture in neonatal and infantile onset epilepsies in the first six months of life: A scoping review.
European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
, 41
pp. 99-108.
10.1016/j.ejpn.2022.11.004.
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Abstract
AIM: Epilepsy occurs in approximately 80 per 100,000 infants in the first year of life, ranging in severity from self-limited and likely to spontaneously resolve, to severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Sleep plays a key role in early brain development and the reciprocal relationship between sleep and seizures is not yet fully understood, particularly in young children. We conducted a Scoping Review to synthesise current knowledge of sleep architecture in neonates and infants with epilepsy. METHODS: Peer-reviewed publications from 2005 to 2022 describing sleep architecture in infants up to six months of age with unprovoked seizures were included. The analysis set was derived from EMBASE, Web of Science and PubMED using key terms “sleep, epilepsy and infant” and related descriptors. Inclusion criteria were prospectively described in a Scoping Review protocol. Sleep architecture was assessed as macro- and micro-structural elements. RESULTS: 21 publications were included in the qualitative analysis. In self-limited familial and genetic epilepsy, sleep macrostructure was generally preserved. In DEEs and in epileptic encephalopathies of genetic or structural aetiology, sleep architecture was significantly disrupted. INTERPRETATION: Early identification of infants with epilepsy is important to ensure early and effective treatment. In the DEE spectrum, sleep architecture is significantly impacted, and abnormal sleep architecture may be associated with compromised developmental outcome. Further research is needed to identify the sequence of events in abnormal brain development, epilepsy and sleep disruption and potentially help to predict the course of epilepsy towards a self-limited epilepsy versus a DEE.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sleep architecture in neonatal and infantile onset epilepsies in the first six months of life: A scoping review |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejpn.2022.11.004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpn.2022.11.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Paediatric Neurology Society under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Child, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Humans, Child, Preschool, Epilepsy, Sleep, Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized, Brain |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161660 |
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