title: Sleep-associated airway problems in children.
abstract: Several of the most common and most important sleep-associated airway problems are discussed, including obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux and nocturnal aspiration, spasmodic croup, nocturnal asthma, and sleep hypoxemia in chronic lung disease, and guidelines are offered for the often difficult diagnosis and for treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003440:Croup / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012119:Respiration; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders