title: Diagnostic issues in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children includes a spectrum of respiratory disorders with significant morbidities. Diagnosis of OSAS is based on clinical suspicion, history, and physical findings, and confirmation is made by polysomnography. There has been significant progress in recent years in technologies available for diagnosis of OSAS since the consensus statement of the American Thoracic Society in 1996. The current review describes methodologies that are available today for assessment and diagnosis of OSAS in children and summarizes the most recent recommendations of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Task Force regarding scoring sleep-related respiratory events in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 10467-2490, USA.
authors.forename: Hiren
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muzumdar
authors.forename: Raanan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arens
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D010092:Oximetry; D010808:Physical Examination; D017286:Polysomnography; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires