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Practice | Five things to know about ... - Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea 1

15 Feb 2024

Sleep disordered The condition is also more common in specific at-risk populations, breathing in children in a general population sample: prevalence and risk factors. [...] chair of the Women in Otolaryngology Section for the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology. [...] initiation Affiliations: Schulich School of Medicine and Many children undergo treatment in the absence of polysomnography Dentistry (Bhatt, St-Laurent, Graham), Depart- confirmation when clinical presentation strongly suggests the diagnosis.5 ment of Pediatrics (St-Laurent) and Department A polysomnogram helps with unclear diagnoses and assesses disease of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery s. [...] distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) 5 In the presence of adenotonsillar hypertrophy, licence, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the adenotonsillectomy is an effective treatment option original publication is properly cited, the use is In milder OSA, intranasal steroids or leukotriene inhibitors m. [...] See: Adenotonsillectomy is the first-line treatment for moderate to severe by-nc-nd/4.0/ OSA in healthy children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy.5 Resolution and Correspondence to: M.
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