Severe childhood obesity: an under-recognised and growing health problem

R Bass, I Eneli - Postgraduate medical journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Childhood obesity is a serious and urgent public health problem. In the last 10 years, there
has been a concerted effort in the USA and globally to develop and implement educational …

Blood pressure and childhood obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Ai, Z Li, S Wang, S Chen, JWY Chan, CT Au… - Sleep medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an established risk factor for high blood pressure (BP) in
adults. However, it remains unclear whether the same association could be found in children …

Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in Chinese children: a two-phase community study

AM Li, HK So, CT Au, C Ho, J Lau, SK Ng, VJ Abdullah… - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
Objective To determine the prevalence and risk factors of obstructive sleep apnoea
syndrome (OSAS) in Chinese children using a two-phase community-based study design …

Elevated blood pressure during sleep and wake in children with sleep-disordered breathing

RSC Horne, JSC Yang, LM Walter, HL Richardson… - …, 2011 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in adults has been associated with elevated
blood pressure (BP); however, the effects of severity of SDB on BP in children are uncertain …

Perioperative management of children with obstructive sleep apnea

DA Schwengel, LM Sterni, DE Tunkel… - Anesthesia & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) affects 1%-3% of children. Children with OSA can
present for all types of surgical and diagnostic procedures requiring anesthesia, with …

[HTML][HTML] 1º Posicionamento Brasileiro sobre o impacto dos distúrbios de sono nas doenças cardiovasculares da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

LF Drager, G Lorenzi-Filho, FD Cintra… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Os distúrbios de sono compreendem uma vasta gama de condições clínicas capazes de
interferir negativamente em todos orgãos e sistemas, e, em particular, no sistema …

Differences in the association between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea among children and adolescents

MJ Kohler, S Thormaehlen, JD Kennedy… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Overweight and obesity are thought to increase the risk of obstructive
sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) among children. However, previous results have been …

Blood pressure regulation, autonomic control and sleep disordered breathing in children

LC Nisbet, SR Yiallourou, LM Walter, RSC Horne - Sleep medicine reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) ranges in severity from primary snoring (PS) to
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). In adults, SDB is associated with adverse cardiovascular …

Sleep‐disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

CM Baker‐Smith, A Isaiah, MC Melendres… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ahajournals.org
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults. It
is associated with incident systemic hypertension, arrhythmia, stroke, coronary artery …

Longitudinal cardiovascular outcomes of sleep disordered breathing in children: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Z Ehsan, SL Ishman, TR Kimball, N Zhang, Y Zou… - Sleep, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: The presence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is known to impact long-term
cardiovascular morbidity in adults; however, the long-term effects in children are poorly …