title: [Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children].
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent in school-aged children. Tonsillar and/or adenoids hypertrophy is the most common etiology of OSA in children. OSA has been associated with sleep quality disturbance (frequent arousals) and nocturnal gas-exchange abnormalities (hypoxemia and sometimes hypercapnia), complicated with a large array of negative health outcomes. The clinical symptoms are not able to distinguish primary snoring from OSA. Polysomnography remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing, but the demand is increasing for this highly technical sleep test. So, some other simpler diagnostic methods are available, as respiratory polygraphy, but need to be validated in children. Treatment of OSA in children must be based on a mutlidisciplinary approach with pediatricians, ENT surgeons and orthodontists.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie pédiatrique, hôpital Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, 26, avenue du Docteur-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France. guillaume.aubertin@trs.aphp.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aubertin
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000379:methods; D017286:Polysomnography; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Apnea; Apnées; Apnées obstructives du sommeil; Children; Enfant; Obstructive sleep apnea; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Polysomnographie; Polysomnography; SAOS; Sleep disordered breathing; Troubles respiratoires du sommeil