This document summarises the conclusions of a European Respiratory Society Task Force
on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in …

OBJECTIVE: This technical report describes the procedures involved in develo**
recommendations on the management of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children is a highly prevalent disorder caused by a
conglomeration of complex pathophysiological processes, leading to recurrent upper airway …

OBJECTIVES: Children with nonsevere obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) benefit from
alternative therapeutic interventions such as leukotriene modifiers. We hypothesized that …

OBJECTIVES. Intranasal corticosteroids have been advanced as a nonsurgical therapeutic
alternative for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, particularly for patients with mild …

Background The obesity epidemic has prompted remarkable changes in the proportion of
obese children who are referred for habitual snoring. However, the contribution of obesity to …

The increasing prevalence of obesity in children has revealed a clinical picture of obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) that is markedly reminiscent of the typical presentation of OSA in adult …

INTRODUCTION: Upper airway size is increasingly recognized as an important factor in
malocclusion. However, children with Class III malocclusion are somewhat neglected …

The present study aimed to assess the cephalometric features in children with sleep-
disordered breathing (SDB). The subjects were 70 children (34 boys and 36 girls, mean age …

Objective. Systematically review the biomedical literature for data comparing clinical,
subjective tonsil size (0-4+ scale) to objectively measured obstructive sleep apnea …