Actigraphy evaluation before and after intravenous ferric carboxymaltose in 3 children with restless sleep disorder

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Abstract

Restless sleep disorder has been described in the literature as a disorder affecting children and presenting with large muscle movements during sleep with an index of 5 events/h or more, leading to daytime impairment including sleepiness or behavioral problems. Children with restless sleep disorder have been found to have low ferritin levels. Studies with iron supplementation both oral or intravenous have been shown effective in clinically improving both nighttime and daytime symptoms. However objective data of the improvement is lacking. Repeating polysomnography is expensive, and alternative methods of assessing large muscle movements are needed. In this small case series we present actigraphy results in 3 children with restless sleep disorder collected for 1 week, a week before and 8 weeks after intravenous iron supplementation. Although actigraphy parameters were not highly consistent between our 3 patients, improvement in symptoms tend to parallel sleep parameters in actigraphy.

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Chu, Z. Y. B., DelRosso, L. M., Mogavero, M. P., & Ferri, R. (2023). Actigraphy evaluation before and after intravenous ferric carboxymaltose in 3 children with restless sleep disorder. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 19(3), 633–637. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.10444

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