Outcomes from the Tucson Children’s Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study - 07/08/11
Abstract |
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is increasingly recognized as an important clinical problem in children; however, the clinical, anatomic, and physiologic correlates of SDB have not been studied extensively in a general population sample using polysomnography to document the presence of SDB. The Tucson Children’s Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study is a longitudinal cohort study of 503 Caucasian and Hispanic children aged 6 to 12 years old who underwent polysomnography and neurocognitive testing at the time of recruitment. Subsets of the cohort had additional MR imaging and pulmonary physiologic testing. Initial cross-sectional analyses indicate that SDB is associated with behavioral abnormalities, hypertension, learning problems, and clinical symptoms such as snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness. Future follow-up of the cohort will assess the impact of SDB on subsequent childhood development.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Sleep-disordered breathing, Children, Epidemiology, Learning, Hypertension, Behavior, Ventilatory drive, TuCASA
Plan
The Tucson Children’s Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant HL 62373. |
Vol 4 - N° 1
P. 9-18 - mars 2009 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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