UNLABELLED Obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome in children (osas) has an estimated prevalence of up to 3% and can be associated with neurocognitive and behavioural abnormalities, and also cardiovascular complications. This study may help pediatricians, who are unaware of the problem, to recognize osas. STUDY DESIGN series of cases. AIM to describe the clinical characteristics and ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the polygraphic parameters in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) with vs without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). DESIGN Prospective controlled study. SETTING Hospital-based pediatric otolaryngology practice. PATIENTS Children with ATH. INTERVENTIONS The children enrolled in the study underwent polysomnography. According to the apnea index (AI) (a patient ...

Treatment options may be limited for infants with obstructive sleep apnea when there is no surgically correctable upper airway lesion. We therefore evaluated, retrospectively, the efficacy of low-flow oxygen as a therapeutic option for infant obstructive sleep apnea. We reviewed the medical charts of 23 infants who had undergone a therapeutic trial of low-flow oxygen during polysomnography. Spl...

OBJECTIVES To determine and quantify changes in both central and obstructive sleep apnea in patients with Down syndrome (DS) after adenotonsillectomy (AT). STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The records of all patients with DS who underwent AT for sleep-disordered breathing between November 2008 and December 2014 wer...

RATIONALE Although research supports a sleep-disordered breathing and atrial fibrillation association, prospective data examining sleep-disordered breathing predicting incident atrial fibrillation are lacking. OBJECTIVES To investigate sleep-disordered breathing indices as predictors of incident atrial fibrillation. METHODS A cohort (n = 843) of ambulatory older men without prevalent atrial...

Obstructive sleep apnea occurs frequently in patients with drug-resistant hypertension. The factors accounting for this observation, however, are unclear. Both conditions demonstrate clinical features suggestive of extracellular fluid volume overload. The aims of this study were to examine whether the spontaneous overnight fluid shift from the legs to the upper body is associated with obstructi...

Obstructive sleep apnea is a common problem which is becoming more common due to the epidemic of obesity. This condition can lead to hypertension through a complex cascade involving the activation of several neurohumoral systems. Treatment of the obstructive sleep apnea often results in the improvement and sometimes the cure of the hypertension. Categories: Cardiology, Internal Medicine

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Deficiency of nitric oxide Association of obstructive sleep apnea with homocystein, nitric oxide and total antioxidant capacity levels in patients with or without coronary artery disease doi • 10.5578/tt.7845 Tuberk Toraks 2014;62(3):207-214 Geliş Tarihi/Received: 02.01.2014 • Kabul Ediliş Tar...

Neurocognitive abilities were measured in 14 morbidly obese children, five of whom had obstructive sleep apnea as determined by polysomnography. As in adults, children with obstructive sleep apnea had deficits in learning, memory, and vocabulary. Moreover, apneic/hypopneic events were inversely related to memory and learning performance among the entire sample.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent, affecting 25% of men and 10% of women. Treatment reduces seizures in some patients. Awareness of the comorbidity of sleep disturbances in epilepsy has been increasing. No study has explored OSA predictors in patients unselected for epilepsy severity and sleep disorder symptoms. We assessed cross-sectional OSA prevalence and predictors (apnea-hy...