Aggregate Evidence Quality Grade B 
Benefits Reduce costs, unnecessary testing, and caregiver/infant anxiety 
Avoid consequences of false-positive results 
Risks, harm, cost May miss rare instances of hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and/or bradycardia that would be detected by polysomnography 
Benefit-harm assessment The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and/or bradycardia 
Intentional vagueness None 
Role of patient preferences Caregivers may report concern regarding some aspects of their infant’s sleep pattern that may influence the decision to perform polysomnography 
Exclusions None 
Strength Moderate recommendation 
Key reference 39  
Aggregate Evidence Quality Grade B 
Benefits Reduce costs, unnecessary testing, and caregiver/infant anxiety 
Avoid consequences of false-positive results 
Risks, harm, cost May miss rare instances of hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and/or bradycardia that would be detected by polysomnography 
Benefit-harm assessment The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and/or bradycardia 
Intentional vagueness None 
Role of patient preferences Caregivers may report concern regarding some aspects of their infant’s sleep pattern that may influence the decision to perform polysomnography 
Exclusions None 
Strength Moderate recommendation 
Key reference 39  
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