title: Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder, Cognitive Functioning, and Behavioral-Psychiatric Syndromes in Children.
abstract: Childhood sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is strongly associated with a range of cognitive and behavioral disturbances, including some psychiatric diagnoses. Despite this, the majority of children with symptoms of SDB go unrecognized, even though simple screening could identify children in need of further evaluation. Definitive evidence showing that SDB causes cognitive and behavioral impairment has yet to emerge, although a randomized controlled trial evaluating neuropsychological and health outcomes of treatment for SDB in children is currently underway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sleep Disorders Center, C736 Med Inn Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5845, USA; Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: louiseo@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Behavioral outcome; Cognitive outcomes; Psychiatric outcomes; Sleep-disordered breathing