OBJECTIVE This is a retrospective study comparing 2007 American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) pediatric scoring criteria and Stanford scoring criteria of pediatric polysomnograms to characterize the impact different scoring systems have upon the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing in children. METHODS The diagnostic and post-treatment nocturnal polysomnograms (PSGs) of children (age 2-...

STUDY OBJECTIVES The degree to which physical exercise habits are related to sleep-disordered breathing is not known. We sought to investigate the association between a single-item exercise question and laboratory-assessed sleep-disordered breathing. DESIGN A population-based cross-sectional epidemiologic study of adults measured the association between exercise and sleep-disordered breathing...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Saudi children with sickle cell disease at a tertiary hospital in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using nocturnal polysomnography. Methods: A prospective cross-section study was conducted between 2012 and 2016 in 65 children aged between 2-14 years at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA with sickle cell disease. Patien...

Abstract
 Background
 Chronic hypoxia may lead to auditory dysfunction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and this worsen OSA, creating a vicious circle. The aim of study was investigate tinnitus hearing loss OSA patients.
 Methods
 A total 147 were included the study. After polysomnography (PSG), an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5 group, ones AHI

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The effect of the Pillar implant on mild sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been assessed in various studies. However, most of these were conducted among a non-Asian population at a single institution. Therefore, the aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the efficacy of the Pillar implant in Asian patients with simple snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnea (O...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with ischemic stroke and to evaluate the effectiveness of nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment. METHODS Overnight polysomnography was performed by a computerized system in 19 subjects with ischemic stroke. Patients with an apnea-hypopnea index > or = 5 were considered to have obstructive sleep apnea....

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) IS A HIGHLY PREVALENT SYNDROME THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANTIAL MORBIDITY AND INCREASED MORTALITY.1-10 Positive airway pressure (PAP) is the most uniformly effective therapy, and to date this is the only intervention for OSA shown to have a favorable impact on both cardiovascular and neurobehavioral morbidities.1,2,6 However, approximately 25-50% of patients wit...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder with serious clinical implications if left untreated. The recommended initial treatment for pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is adenotonsillectomy. However, recent reports have shown variable surgical results with adenotonsillectomy in the treatment of pediatric OSAS. ST...

ABSTRACT MATERIAL AND METHODS We prospectively evaluated 199 individuals with high pre-test clinical suspicion of OSAS. Of these, 123 patients were morbidly obese (Group A) and 76 were non-obese (Group B). We performed six channel cardio-respiratory polygraphy and assessed the correlation between the Desaturation Index (DI) and the Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) for both groups. RESULTS In gro...