The risk for paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea in rural Queensland

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea.

Department of Otolaryngology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow G3 8SJ Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP Department of Anaesthesia, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW Correspondence to: S Powell steven_m_powe...

Treatment of Paediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnoea with Oral Appliances

E-mail [email protected] Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a disorder of breathing during sleep characterised by prolonged partial airway obstruction and/ or intermittent complete obstruction (obstructive apnoea) that interrupts normal ventilation during sleep and disrupts normal sleep pattern, affecting about 2–3% of children [1, 2]. Although adenotonsillar hypertrophy remai...

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and cardiovascular risk

Zamarrón et al. [1] report that obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with raised levels of markers of endothelial function. Moreover, some of these markers (intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1)) improved after nasal continuous positive airway pressure [1]. Some additional comments may be of interest. Metabolic syndrome (...

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome