8. Investigation and treatment of upper-airway obstruction: Childhood sleep disorders I

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 419-423

  Kennedy, J Declan ^a,b   Waters, Karen A ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; OXYGEN;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANAMNESIS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COR PULMONALE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; OXIMETRY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 17644378406     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06763.x     Document Type: Review

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