title: Sleep characteristics in Goldenhar Syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the characteristics of sleep in patients with Goldenhar Syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of all polysomnography studies conducted at the University of North Carolina Hospitals between 2003 and 2013 on patients carrying the diagnosis of Goldenhar's Syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A preponderance of patients demonstrated severe obstructive sleep apnea and hypercapnia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with Goldenhar Syndrome should be screened for sleep apnea and hypercapnia.
authors: Department of Surgery, Michigan State University, United States.
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Baugh
authors: Pediatric Specialty Care, East Carolina University, United States.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Wooten
authors: Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, United States.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Chapman
authors: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. Electronic address: amelia_drake@med.unc.edu.
authors: A F
authors: AF
authors: Drake
authors: Division of Sleep and Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, United States.
authors: B V
authors: BV
authors: Vaughn
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006053:Goldenhar Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017286:Polysomnography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Airway obstruction; Craniofacial abnormalities; Goldenhar Syndrome; Hypercapnia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography