PAEDIATRICS: (Symposium session) Level 3 and Level 4 devices for diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing in children with neurodisability: considerations, challenges and comparisons with PSG
Tracks
Track 2
Thursday, October 9, 2025 |
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Hall M |
Details
This symposium will discuss alternatives to in lab level 1 PSG for children with neurodisability who are one of the largest sub-populations of children who undergo evaluation for SDB in tertiary centres. Comparison data from clinical trials and pilot studies undertaken with level 2 and 3 devices will be presented, focusing on the specific benefits and challenges with these devices in children with neurodisability.
Speaker
Dr Adelaide Withers
Respiratory And Sleep Consultant
Perth Children's Hospital
Comparison with level 1 PSG: Home level 2 PSG for the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing in children with neurodisability
3:30 PM - 3:47 PMBiography
Dr Withers is a paediatric respiratory and sleep consultant at Perth Children's Hospital and a clinical researcher at the Kids Research Institute Australia. Her research interests include predictors of respriatory failure in children with neuromuscular disorders and ambulatory polysomnography.
Dr Anne-Marie Adams
Chief Sleep Scientist
Royal Children's Hospital
Level 3 and level 4 devices for diagnosis of SDB in children - what's available and what's the evidence in children?
3:47 PM - 4:04 PMBiography
Dr Moya Vandeleur
Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Specialist
Royal Children's Hospital
Pros and cons of level 3 and 4 devices in children with neurodisability, including consumer perspectives
4:04 PM - 4:21 PMBiography
Dr Moya Vandeleur is a paediatric respiratory and sleep medicine specialist at RCH, Melbourne. Her clinical work involves children with general respiratory and sleep problems however she has a special interest in caring for patients with sleep disordered breathing and those requiring ventilatory support. She is the lead for sleep research at RCH and has a number of research interests that reflect her clinical practice. She is the paediatric representative for the Australasian Sleep Association Clinical Committee and Conference Organising Committee and the Coordinator of Advanced Training for Paediatric Sleep Medicine on the Advanced Training Committee in Respiratory and Sleep, RACP.
Andrew Collaro
Comparison with level 1 PSG: (1) Machine-learning pulse oximetry analysis and (2) mandibular movement monitoring for the detection of SDB in children with neurodisability
4:21 PM - 4:38 PMBiography
Assoc Prof Jasneek Chawla
Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Specialist
Queensland Children’s Hospital
Comparison with level 1 PSG: Results of an Australian multi-centre clinical trial of the Sonomat Sleep Mat System for diagnosis of SDB in children with neurodisability
4:38 PM - 4:55 PMBiography
A/Professor Jasneek Chawla is a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist at Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, leads the Kids Sleep Research Group at the Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland and is president elect for the Australasian Sleep Association. Her research interests include sleep in children with complex disability conditions and developing novel sleep technology for clinical translation. She leads multi-centre MRFF funded research focused on improving the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in children with disability.
Prof Karen Waters
Senior Staff Specialist
The Children's Hospital At Westmead
Chair
Biography
Dr Ajay Kevat
Senior Medical Officer
Queensland Children's Hospital
Chair
Biography
