Sleep apnea
General web sites on obstructive sleep apnea
- Sleep apnea (Medical Encyclopedia MedlinePlus)
- Sleep apnea (MedlinePlus)
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (emedicine.com)
General web sites on pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
- Obstructive sleep apnea (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital)
- Obstructive sleep apnea in children (Amercian Family Physician)
- Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (bcm.edu)
- Having your child evaluated for sleep apnea (Amarican Sleep Apnea Association)
- Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and anesthetic management (Turkish journal of pediatrics)
Obstructive sleep apnea and Down syndrome
- Obstructive sleep apnea and Down syndrome (ds-health.com)
- Sleep neurophysiopathology and Down syndrome (altonweb.com)
Organizations
Research articles and abstracts
- OSAS in Down syndrome: T&A versus T&A plus lateral pharyngoplasty (PubMed)
- Obstructive sleep apnoea in childern with Down syndrome (PubMed)
- Obstructive sleep apnea: Should all children with Down syndrome be tested? (PubMed)
- Comparison of lingual tonsil size as depicted on MR imaging between children with obstructive sleep apnea despite previous tonsillectomy andadenoidectomy and normal controls (PubMed)
- Treatment of sleep apnea syndrome in a Down syndrome patient with behavioral problems by noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: Asuccessful case report (PubMed)
- Innovative treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in Down syndrome (chestjournal.org)
- Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in children with Down syndrome (PubMed)
- Sleep related breathing disorders in adults with Down syndrome (PubMed)
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