Snoring in children.
Chronic snoring (≥4 nights per week) is not benign. Otherwise healthy children with chronic snoring and evidence of adenotonsillar hypertrophy can be referred directly for adenotonsillectomy. Snoring children <30 months or with significant medical comorbidities should be referred for specialist sleep evaluation. Older children with intermittent snoring or without significant medical comorbidities can be managed with a combination of medical and surgical interventions listed herein.
Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jasneek
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-0744
J
Chawla
Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Karen Ann
KA
Waters
D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012913:Snoring / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
breathing; sleep; snoring