AAP updates pediatric sleep apnea guidelines The American Academy of Pediatrics has released revised clinical practice guidelines for treating children with obstructive sleep apnea. HealthDay News — ...

Credit: Getty Images The ATS guideline covers CPAP use, orthodontic treatment, weight loss intervention, lingual tonsillar hypertrophy, supraglottoplasty, and montelukast use. The American Thoracic ...

A new treatment breakthrough at University of Utah Health is bringing relief to children with Down syndrome and sleep apnea. Families are finding new hope as kids breathe—and sleep—more easily.

For pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), adenotonsillectomy (T&A) significantly improves sleep architecture and respiratory outcomes, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in Laryngoscope.

Pediatric OSAS treatment is shifting towards a tailored, multidisciplinary approach, moving beyond a one-size-fits-all model. Adenotonsillectomy is the standard first-line treatment, improving sleep ...

Is your child snoring loudly at night and having trouble with behavior or learning during the day? Your child could have pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -- a blocking of the airways that ...

Vitamin D deficiency is common in children with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and is associated with increased OSA severity. Lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels correlate with higher ...

A new study by researchers from Marshall University and the University of Missouri highlights how exosomes—tiny vesicles released by cells—may play a key role in blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction ...

Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. has announced the publication of positive results from a multicenter clinical trial on its Daytime-Nighttime Appliance (DNA) for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in ...

Dr. Chelsea Kadish and Kyle Goodknight explain why EMS providers who consider prehospital pediatric CPAP too aggressive should embrace the modality as safe and effective for even the youngest patients ...