Diagnosis and management of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

CL Marcus, LJ Brooks, SD Ward, KA Draper… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: This technical report describes the procedures involved in developing
recommendations on the management of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome …

Obstructive sleep disordered breathing in 2-to 18-year-old children: diagnosis and management

AG Kaditis, MLA Alvarez… - European …, 2015 - publications.ersnet.org
This document summarises the conclusions of a European Respiratory Society Task Force
on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in …

Obstructive sleep apnea in children: a critical update

HL Tan, D Gozal… - Nature and science of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children is a highly prevalent disorder caused by a
conglomeration of complex pathophysiological processes, leading to recurrent upper airway …

Montelukast for children with obstructive sleep apnea: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study

AD Goldbart, S Greenberg-Dotan, A Tal - Pediatrics, 2012 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: Children with nonsevere obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) benefit from
alternative therapeutic interventions such as leukotriene modifiers. We hypothesized that …

Intranasal budesonide treatment for children with mild obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

L Kheirandish-Gozal, D Gozal - Pediatrics, 2008 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES. Intranasal corticosteroids have been advanced as a nonsurgical therapeutic
alternative for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, particularly for patients with mild …

Obstructive sleep apnea in children: relative contributions of body mass index and adenotonsillar hypertrophy

E Dayyat, L Kheirandish-Gozal, OS Capdevila… - Chest, 2009 - Elsevier
Background The obesity epidemic has prompted remarkable changes in the proportion of
obese children who are referred for habitual snoring. However, the contribution of obesity to …

Childhood obstructive sleep apnea: one or two distinct disease entities?

E Dayyat, L Kheirandish-Gozal, D Gozal - Sleep medicine clinics, 2007 - Elsevier
The increasing prevalence of obesity in children has revealed a clinical picture of obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) that is markedly reminiscent of the typical presentation of OSA in adult …

Oropharyngeal airway in children with Class III malocclusion evaluated by cone-beam computed tomography

T Iwasaki, H Hayasaki, Y Takemoto, R Kanomi… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Upper airway size is increasingly recognized as an important factor in
malocclusion. However, children with Class III malocclusion are somewhat neglected …

Systematic review of pediatric tonsil size and polysomnogram-measured obstructive sleep apnea severity

J Nolan, SE Brietzke - Otolaryngology--Head and Neck …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. Systematically review the biomedical literature for data comparing clinical,
subjective tonsil size (0-4+ scale) to objectively measured obstructive sleep apnea …

Cephalometric evaluation of children with nocturnal sleep-disordered breathing

K Pirilä-Parkkinen, H Löppönen… - … European Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The present study aimed to assess the cephalometric features in children with sleep-
disordered breathing (SDB). The subjects were 70 children (34 boys and 36 girls, mean age …