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In our Sleep and Epilepsy Monitoring Center, we strive to create a compassionate, welcoming environment for children and their families. We are the only office-based center in the region to combine these services in one location with one team of multidisciplinary providers. Our sleep-study rooms are designed to accommodate parents, allowing them to spend the night with their child during sleep evaluations.

The specialized outpatient facility will provide a dedicated space for on-site evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of epileptic seizures and various sleep disorders in children from birth to 21 years of age, including patients with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Benefits include:

  • Comfortable, home-like environment: A familiar and less clinical setting helps to alleviate anxiety and promote better sleep for pediatric patients.
  • Cost-effective: Outpatient studies are more affordable than inpatient hospital studies. 
  • Convenience: Many families will already be acquainted with the office space, allowing for a smooth check-in and check-out process. 
  • Customized scheduling: Flexible scheduling options make it easier for parents to find a time that suits their child's needs and sleep patterns. 
  • Faster results and diagnosis: Outpatient studies can have quicker turnaround times for results and diagnoses, leading to prompt intervention if necessary.
  • Continuity of care: Studies will be performed and read by a Pediatrix provider whom patients/families know and trust.

Care for Epilepsy and Seizures

Video electroencephalogram (EEG) long-term monitoring is an important tool in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and seizures, providing a supportive and safe environment specially designed for pediatric patients. The study is ordered based on the medical necessity of a child’s condition for real-time video analysis during an EEG, which measures the brain's electrical activity by recording brain wave patterns. Testing typically lasts one to three days but may be longer if needed. Video EEG monitoring allows the care team to gather key information about a patient’s seizures to help make a more accurate diagnosis and treatment recommendations. 

Care for Sleep Disorders

The sleep medicine team collaborates with patient families to evaluate sleep patterns, identify underlying causes of sleep disturbances and implement tailored treatment plans. An important component of the diagnosis process is a sleep study, called polysomnography. Sleep studies are often administered before tonsil and adenoid surgery, which is typically the first line of treatment for most children who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. During the video-recorded study, sleep technicians place sensors throughout the child’s body to monitor sleep patterns, duration, sleep quality, and movements. A plastic cannula is placed under the nose and belts on the chest and belly to monitor respiration, and pulse oximetry monitors oxygen saturation. Following completion of the study, a sleep specialist will read the waveforms and provide the patient’s family with the results.