ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2022
Clinical and anatomical characteristics associated with obstructive sleep apnea severity in children.
Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05621577 (Socio-Demographic - Dental & Respiratory Changes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Socio-Demographic - Dental & Respiratory Changes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Patients Treated With Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD) of Samples in Erbil City
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic Review of Craniofacial Phenotyping in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Approach to Standardization of Methods.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Review
- A Pilot Study on the Relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnoea-Hypopnea Syndrome, Neurodevelopment, and Ricketts' Cephalometry.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Sleep bruxism and associated physiological events in children with obstructive sleep apnea: a polysomnographic study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Insights into the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeTo determine the clinical and anatomical characteristics associated with obstructive sleep apnea severity in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy.
methodsThe authors conducted a cross-sectional multidisciplinary survey and selected 58 Brazilian children (4‒9 years old) with adenotonsillar hypertrophy, parental complaints of snoring, mouth-breathing, and witnessed apnea episodes. The authors excluded children with known genetic, craniofacial, neurological, or psychiatric conditions. Children with a parafunctional habit or early dental loss and those receiving orthodontic treatment were not selected. All children underwent polysomnography, and three were excluded because they showed an apnea-hypopnea index lower than one or minimal oxygen saturation higher than 92%. The sample consisted of 55 children classified into mild (33 children) and moderate/severe (22 children) obstructive sleep apnea groups. Detailed clinical and anatomical evaluations were performed, and anthropometric, otorhinolaryngological, and orthodontic variables were analyzed. Sleep disorder symptoms were assessed using the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children questionnaire. All children also underwent teleradiography exams and Rickett's and Jarabak's cephalometric analyses.
resultsThe mild and moderate/severe obstructive sleep apnea groups showed no significant differences in clinical criteria. Facial depth angle, based on Ricketts cephalometric analysis, was significantly different between the groups (p = 0.010), but this measurement by itself does not express the child's growth pattern, as it is established by the arithmetic mean of the differences between the obtained angles and the normal values of five cephalometric measurements.
conclusionsThe clinical criteria and craniofacial characteristics evaluated did not influence the disease severity.
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