Management of obstructive sleep apnea associated with Down syndrome and other craniofacial dysmorphologies

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 431-436

  Rosen, Dennis ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cine MRI of upper airway in Down syndrome; complications of adenotonsillectomy in children with Down syndrome; continuous positive airway pressure in Down syndrome; maxillary hypoplasia in Down syndrome; outcome of adenotonsillectomy in children with Down syndrome; spontaneous resolution of obstructive sleep apnea in infants with Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; MONTELUKAST;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; CHILD CARE; CLEFT PALATE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CROUZON SYNDROME; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; DOWN SYNDROME; HEMIFACIAL MICROSOMIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOTRACHEOPLASTY; MANDIBULAR DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RAPID MAXILLARY EXPANSION; REVIEW; RUBINSTEIN SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE HYOID ADVANCEMENT; TONSILLAR PILLAR PLICATION; TONSILLECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 80053380535     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32834ba9c0     Document Type: Review

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