Sleep Disorders News

Sleep-disordered breathing adversely affects children’s capacity to attain academic and adaptive goals, and children with more severe symptoms are impacted the most, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society Conference.

A unique pattern on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neurophysical Status test was able to identify patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Researchers have validated the use of the Sleep Apnea Clinical Score, according to data published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Adults who reported trouble sleeping or who were diagnosed with a sleep disorder were more likely to contract a cold or infection, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Suicide interventions targeting nightmares may be beneficial, as recent findings suggest that nightmares may be a significant marker of suicide risk.

LOS ANGELES — A history of parental snoring was significantly associated with snoring among children at the age of 7, according to results from an allergy and air pollution study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Powered intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy was an effective treatment for pediatric patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea and adenotonsillar hypertrophy, according to recent research.

Women who are single parents were more likely to report lack of sleep and sleep-related problems, compared with adults in two-parent households or with no children aged younger than 18 years, according to recently published data.

Both continuous positive airway pressure and mandibular advancement devices significantly reduced both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to recent research published in JAMA.

Researchers observed similar short-term follow-up outcomes for extracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy and intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, according to a retrospective cohort study.