My child snores or sleeps restlessly
What loud, habitual snoring and disrupted sleep might signal for a child's breathing, behaviour, and development.
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5 resourcesThe Spectrum of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children
Sleep-disordered breathing in children isn't a single condition but a spectrum. At the milder end sits habitual snoring; at the severe end, obstructive sleep…
Inattention, Hyperactivity, and Symptoms of Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Researchers studied 866 children at two paediatric clinics and asked a simple question: are children who snore more likely to be hyperactive? The answer was…
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Frontal Lobe Structure in Children
This is one of the largest studies of its kind — researchers looked at brain scans from over 10,000 children and compared those with breathing problems during…
The CHAT Trial: A Randomised Trial of Adenotonsillectomy for Childhood Sleep Apnoea
The CHAT trial is considered the gold standard study in this area. Researchers took 464 children with sleep apnoea and randomly assigned half to have their…
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and School Performance
It's one thing to show that disordered breathing dents a child's performance on a cognitive test; it's another to show it affects their actual schoolwork. This…