Algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric OSA: A proposal of two pediatric sleep centers

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-227

  Kaditis, Athanasios ^a   Kheirandish Gozal, Leila ^b   Gozal, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillar hypertrophy; Craniofacial abnormalities; Neuromuscular disorders; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Snoring

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ALGORITHM; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; ENURESIS; GOLD STANDARD; GROWTH DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALOCCLUSION; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; MORBIDITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBESITY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEEZING;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84857234379     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.09.009     Document Type: Review

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