STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether primary snoring (PS) could be distinguished from childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) by clinical history. DESIGN Retrospective study of clinical history of 83 children with snoring and/or sleep disordered breathing who were referred for polysomnography. SETTING Tertiary referral center; pediatric pulmonary sleep apnea clinic. MEASUREMENTS...

I t has been suggested that conditions associated with nasal obstruction predispose to the development of snoring and OSA (1,2). Some authors indicated that the nose accounts for approximately half of the total airway resistance to airflow (3). Nasal obstruction may contribute to an increase in snoring and sleep apnea frequency and severity (4). For this reason, nasal dilators have been propose...

8. Carroll JL, McColley SA, Marcus CL, Curtis S, Loughlin GM. Inability of clinical history to distinguish primary snoring from obstructive sleepapnea syndrome in children.Chest. 1995;108: 610-8. 9. Chervin RD,Weatherly RA, Ruzicka DL, Burns JW, Giordani BJ, Dillon JE, et al. Subjective sleepiness and polysomnographic correlates in children scheduled for adenotonsillectomy vs other surgical car...

aim and background: enuresis is known as one of the most common disorders in childhood. snoring at night and obstructive sleep apnea have been considered as probable causes, at least in some cases. thus, the importance of a breathing exercise to reduce bedwetting in children with nocturnal snoring should be noted. method and materials: this study is an experimental survey with control group. th...

OBJECTIVE Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is among the most common diseases and includes a group of pathological conditions that form a severity continuum from primary snoring (PS) to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). SDB presents a multifactorial etiology and in children, it is often linked to adenotonsillar hypertrophy, which may lead to an alteration of the breathing pattern. Therefore, severa...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relative temporal appearance of flow limitation and snoring during continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration, compare their sensitivity as indicators of airway obstruction, and assess their relative utility as feedback variables for automatic titration of CPAP. DESIGN Retrospective review of data. SETTING University teaching hospital. PATIENTS Fifty-th...

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with significant morbidity and remains underdiagnosed in women. Identification of high-risk groups among women is important for early detection and treatment. OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of snoring in young women with atopy and to determine the risk factors for snoring in these individuals. METHODS The Cincinnati Childhood A...

BACKGROUND Simple snoring represents a social problem, not only because it could affect the patient's married life, but it often goes along with sleep-disordered breathing. Chronic nasal obstruction has many sequel including snoring and the inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH) is its most common cause. The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of video-assisted endoscopic radiofrequency ...

Simple snoring is a very common problem that presents a number of different challenges. The initial difficulty is in confirming the presence of snoring, next one must exclude any other nocturnal respiratory pathology and finally a decision as to an appropriate treatment must be made. There are many different ways of achieving these objectives, but no one-way has a clear advantage in terms of bo...