Physiological effects of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in childhood

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 370-382

  Muzumdar, Hiren ^a,b   Arens, Raanan ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pathophysiology; Physiology; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AGGRESSION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AROUSAL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FACIAL BONE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GAS EXCHANGE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SLEEP DISORDERS; MANOMETRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOOD DISORDER; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ORGAN INJURY; OROPHARYNX; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREMATURITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING; SOMNOLENCE; UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME;

CHILDREN; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84884208723     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.05.006     Document Type: Review

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