Improved medical care of individuals with Down syndrome (DS) has led to an increase in life
expectancy to over the age of 60 years. In conjunction, there has been an increase in age …

Sleep disorders, despite being very frequent in adults with Down syndrome (DS), are often
overlooked due to a lack of awareness by families and physicians and the absence of …

Summary Background The Down syndrome phenotype is well established, but our
understanding of its morbidity patterns is limited. We comprehensively estimated the risk of …

Recommendations► The Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder scale of the Paediatric Sleep
Questionnaire (SRBD-PSQ), with a cut-off of≥ 0.33, or Obstructive Sleep Apnoea-18 item …

ABSTRACT Objective/Background Children with Down syndrome (DS) commonly
experience difficulties with executive function (EF). They are also vulnerable to obstructive …

Background This study examines overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions (CHCs)
in older people with intellectual disability (ID). Methods Data for this cross‐sectional …

OBJECTIVE The authors of this study aimed to evaluate the use of polysomnography (PSG)
in children with Down syndrome (DS) between ages 0 and 7 years, to assess the prevalence …

Children with Down syndrome (DS) are at high risk for developing obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) compared to children without DS. The negative impact of OSA on health, behavior …

Individuals with Down syndrome present many clinical characteristics, such as metabolic,
endocrine, anatomic and neurologic dysfunctions, that contribute to the physiopathology of …

Introduction: The Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator (HNS) is a novel therapy that has been
extensively studied in adults and more recently, it has been incorporated in children with …