Advance in screening and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in children / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Obstuctive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS) is a kind of disease that seriously endangers children′s health, which can disrupt children′s normal ventilation and sleep structure.Untreated OSAHS in children can cause damage to multiple systems, including cardiovascular, metabolic, endocrine and neurocognitive systems and even to death.Although polysomnography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of OSAHS in children, it is thought to be costly, labor-intensive, uncomfortable and the limitation of medical conditions in some areas, many patients can not obtain timely diagnosis.Therefore, it is necessary to find a simple and effective method for early screening of OSAHS in children.