ALLMedicine™ Sleep Apnea In Children Center

Apr 24th, 2022 - To characterize obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children with non-syndromic cleft palate based on polysomnographic parameters relative to primary palatoplasty. A systematic review was performed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systemat...

Apr 20th, 2022 - Drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed lingual tonsillectomy and midline posterior glossectomy have been employed for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in children. The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcomes in children undergoing lin...

Apr 8th, 2022 - Adenoid and tonsillar hypertrophy in children often leads to adverse respiratory symptoms and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Current clinical guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck S...

Apr 7th, 2022 - Children with down syndrome (DS) are more liable to develop obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) which is usually treated with adenotonsillectomy. However, OSA may persist in many of those patients after the procedure. The aim of this study was to assess...

Mar 25th, 2022 - Objectives: To identify predictors of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) after adenotonsillectomy (T&A) in children under 3 years of age and to describe the characteristics of children with OSA under 3 years of age undergoing T&A in an ethnically diver...

Sep 9th, 2021 - AIMS: To assess the diagnostic validity and cost-effectiveness of a home respiratory polygraphy (HRP) performed at home compared with the standard polysomnography (PSG) in children with clinically suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). METHODOLO...

Aug 5th, 2021 - Children with Down syndrome have approximately a 50% chance of developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in their lifetime. OSA is a serious condition where a person stops breathing periodically during sleep; it is associated with high blood pressu...

Dec 6th, 2016 - While adenotonsillectomy (AT) remains one of the most common surgical procedures performed in children, indications for AT have changed in recent years. Surgeons now perform AT for suspected obstructive SDB and for daytime behaviors that may be a ...

May 13th, 2016 - BACKGROUND: The study is in response to a Request for Applications (RFA) on Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children. NHLBI issued the RFA in December, 1997, with co-sponsorship from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the Na...

Jul 7th, 2015 - The main objective of our study is to evaluate an easier screening strategy combining questionnaire and overnight recording of few data, compared to polysomnography. We hope our strategy will permit regular screening for people with Down syndrome,...

Aug 26th, 2021 - Obstructive sleep apnea is becoming more common in children and adolescents as the prevalence of obesity increases, but it may also be a preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to a new scientific statement from the American ...

Feb 12th, 2019 - Almost all pregnant women would want information about serious treatable childhood-onset conditions from non-invasive prenatal whole-genome sequencing. Also today, a look at asthma, obesity, and the risk for severe sleep apnea in children, new que.

Feb 7th, 2019 - CORONADO, CALIF. – Among a large cohort of children referred for polysomnography, the presence of asthma reduced the likelihood of severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), while the presence of obesity increased it.

Mar 23rd, 2017 - In children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), gray matter volume is significantly reduced in brain regions that control cognition and mood, results from a new imaging study show. These findings suggest OSA may either induce neuronal loss or dela...

Mar 23rd, 2017 - In children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), gray matter volume is significantly reduced in brain regions that control cognition and mood, results from a new imaging study show. These findings suggest OSA may either induce neuronal loss or dela...