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- When a child’s breathing is disrupted during sleep, the body thinks the child is choking. The heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, the brain is aroused, and sleep is disrupted. Oxygen levels in the blood can also drop. Approximately 10 percent of children snore regularly, and about two to four percent of children experience OSA.
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Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a general term for breathing difficulties during sleep. SDB can range from frequent loud snoring to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition where part, or all, of the airway is blocked repeatedly during sleep.
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The short-term effects of undetected sleep-disordered breathing in children include detrimental effects on school performance, behaviour, and cognition. Effects in later life affecting cardiovascular risk are also suggested.
- Donald S. Urquhart, Elizabeth A. Hill, Andrew Morley
- 2017
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) includes disorders of breathing that affect airway patency, which impair children’s sleep and lead to negative consequences. Obstructive sleep apnea, hypoventilation and upper airway resistance syndrome are common causes of morbidity and mortality in childhood. These clinical practice guidelines, intended for ...
Oct 11, 2022 · This review of paediatric sleep disordered breathing includes updates on brain and cardiovascular changes, pulse oximetry and home sleep studies for diagnosis, and effectiveness of intracapsular tonsillectomy, weight loss and hypoglossal nerve stimulation. https://bit.ly/3p2SshU.
- 10.1183/20734735.0151-2022
- 2022/09
- Breathe (Sheff). 2022 Sep; 18(3): 220151.
One group that has been studied is children with achondroplasia. Patients with achondroplasia are at high risk for sleep-disordered breathing. One study of 88 children with achondroplasia found that 48% had sleep-disordered breathing, and 44% had at least one episode of desaturation to < 90% (199).
- Carole L. Marcus
- 2001
Sleep-disordered breathing in children includes disorders of breathing that affect airway patency e.g. obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and also conditions that affect respiratory drive (central sleep disorders) or
Aug 18, 2021 · OSA is common among children and adolescents. It disrupts the normal restorative properties of sleep, thereby negatively impacting the emotional, metabolic, immunologic, and cardiovascular health of children and adolescents. 50 Approximately 1% to nearly 6% of all children and adolescents have OSA. 16, 18.
