Detect Hypoventilation Early
Kids can experience periods of under-breathing that don’t always lower oxygen levels right away. Capnography spots these early signs by tracking CO2 buildup.
Identify Respiratory Effort-Related Arousals (RERAs)
Some breathing difficulties cause the child to work harder to breathe, waking them up without dropping oxygen. Capnography can reveal these hidden arousals by monitoring changes in ventilation.
Comprehensive Sleep Breathing Assessment
Combining capnography with oximetry creates a full picture of your child’s sleep breathing patterns, increasing accuracy and early diagnosis.
Better Outcomes
Detecting subtle breathing disruptions sooner means earlier intervention, improving sleep quality, mood, concentration, and overall health.
Why Pediatric Sleep Testing Needs More Than Just Oximetry
When it comes to diagnosing sleep breathing disorders in children aged 6 to 15 years, relying on traditional oxygen saturation monitoring (pulse oximetry) alone can leave gaps in understanding their sleep health. Kids often experience subtle breathing disturbances that don’t always trigger obvious oxygen drops — but those disturbances still disrupt sleep quality, cognitive function, and daytime behavior.
That’s where capnography steps in as a game-changer.
What Is Capnography and Why Does It Matter?
Capnography continuously measures the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) your child exhales during sleep, providing a direct insight into their breathing effectiveness and ventilation. Since CO2 levels can rise before oxygen levels fall, this advanced monitoring helps us detect problems that standard oximetry might miss.
How It Works at SleepEZ Home Health
Our pediatric sleep testing packages now include capnography as a key part of our Home Sleep Testing and clinic-based sleep studies, providing families with accessible, comfortable, and thorough diagnostic options. Our Registered Respiratory Therapists manually verify your child’s results with expert precision and recommendations for you and the physicians with the aim of fast tracking patient care.