Diagnostic strategies for obstructive sleep apnea in children
ZHANG Yun-fei
XU Zheng-min
Abstract：With the growing awareness of the detrimental impacts of sleep-disordered breathing,particularly obstructive sleep apnea(OSA),on neurocognitive and behavioral developmentof children,the demand for diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing and identifying the obstructive sites is constantly increasing.Standard polysomnography(PSG)remains the gold standard for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea in children;however,it cannot be widely implemented among children.Drug-induced sleep endoscopy(DISE)and cine magnetic resonance imaging(Cine-MRI)are the most commonly used tools for upper airway evaluation,yet each has its own pros and cons in clinical applications.Hence,for many years,discussions have been ongoing to propose strategies to optimize polysomnography in children and assess the sleep breathing status of the upper airway.
Keywords：childobstructive sleep apneapolysomonog-raphydrug-induced sleep endoscopy
Publication Date：2025-02-05
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)