Sleep in the Early Preterm Babies: Comparison of Polysomnography with an EEG-Based Index

Background and aims: Presence of sleep wake cycling (SWC) is thought to indicate stability in the neonates. While assessment of SWC is commonly performed subjectively from aEEG brain monitoring in fullterm babies, it is highly ambigious in early premies with less clear SWC. We studied whether the automated detection of spontaneous activity transients (SATs, also called bursts) could be utilized in developing an objective SWC detection in preterm babies.