Obstructive sleep apnea: effect of comorbidities and positive airway pressure on all-cause mortality

P Jennum, P Tønnesen, R Ibsen, J Kjellberg - Sleep medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Most studies have used cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) end-
points to measure the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), but pre …

Medical devices for pediatric apnea monitoring and therapy: past and new trends

SA Pullano, I Mahbub, MG Bianco… - IEEE reviews in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Apnea in the pediatric population is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in a
large number of developed as well as developing countries. It is even more prominent in …

[HTML][HTML] The cardiovascular risk in paediatrics: The paradigm of the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

M Zaffanello, G Piacentini, S La Grutta - Blood Transfusion, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) describes a spectrum of abnormal
breathing patterns during sleep characterised by snoring, increased upper airway resistance …

Specific dento‐craniofacial characteristics in non‐syndromic children can predispose to sleep‐disordered breathing

C Hansen, A Markström, L Sonnesen - Acta Paediatrica, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To ascertain and illustrate specific clinical dento‐craniofacial characteristics associated
with sleep‐disordered breathing (SDB) in non‐syndromic children. Methods Narrative …

[HTML][HTML] The tonsil lymphocyte landscape in pediatric tonsil hyperplasia and obstructive sleep apnea

A Carrasco, I Sjölander, A Van Acker… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tonsil hyperplasia is the most common cause of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Despite the growing knowledge in tissue immunology of tonsils, the immunopathology …

Long-term health and socioeconomic outcome of obstructive sleep apnea in children and adolescents

P Jennum, M Rejkjær-Knudsen, R Ibsen, EK Kiær… - Sleep Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is limited information about the long-term outcome of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) diagnosed in children and adolescents for educational and social factors …

Sociodemographic disparities and healthcare utilization in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea management

J Min, X Zhang, HM Griffis, CM Cielo, IE Tapia… - Sleep Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives We examined (1) disparities in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) care by insurance
coverage, and by child race and ethnicity among Medicaid-insured children (MIC), and (2) …

Obstructive sleep apnea in underweight children

C Johnson, T Leavitt, SP Daram… - … –Head and Neck …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives To determine predictors of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in underweight
children and to describe the demographic, clinical, and polysomnographic characteristics of …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of obstructive sleep apnea treatment by antileukotriene receptor and surgery therapy in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy: A descriptive and …

D Tran-Minh, A Phi-Thi-Quynh, P Nguyen-Dinh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children with adenotonsillar
hypertrophy is high and related to the occlusion of the upper airway. The main treatments of …

Positional device therapy for the treatment of positional obstructive sleep apnea in children: a pilot study

L Xiao, A Baker, G Voutsas, C Massicotte, NE Wolter… - Sleep Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background There is a critical gap in identifying effective interventions for children with
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who do not tolerate continuous positive airway pressure …