title: Long-Term Neurophysiologic Impact of Childhood Sleep Disordered Breathing on Neurocognitive Performance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the impact of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children on neurocognitive function 5 years later.
  
  
  METHODS
  A subgroup of 43 children from the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study (TuCASA) who had SDB (RDI ≥ 6 events/hour) at their initial exam (ages 6-11 years) were matched on the basis of age (within 1 year), gender and ethnicity (Anglo/Hispanic) to 43 children without SDB (Control, RDI ≤ 4 events/hour). The Sustained Working Memory Task (SWMT) which combines tests of working memory (1-Back Task), reaction time (Simple Reaction Time) and attention (Multiplexing Task) with concurrent electroencephalographic monitoring was administered approximately 5 years later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no differences in performance on the working memory, reaction time and attention tests between the SDB and Control groups. However, the SDB group exhibited lower P300 evoked potential amplitudes during the Simple Reaction Time and Multiplexing Tasks. Additionally, peak alpha power during the Multiplexing Task was lower in the SDB Group with a similar trend in the Simple Reaction Time Task (p=0.08).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SDB in children may cause subtle long-term changes in executive function that are not detectable with conventional neurocognitive testing and are only evident during neuroelectrophysiologic monitoring.
authors: Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ ; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Stuart F
authors: SF
authors: Quan
authors: Practice Division, University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson, AZ.
authors: Kristen
authors: K
authors: Archbold
authors: SAM Technology & San Francisco Brain Research Institute, San Francisco, CA.
authors: Alan S
authors: AS
authors: Gevins
authors: Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ.
authors: James L
authors: JL
authors: Goodwin