Pediatric Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders: Advances in imaging and computational modeling.

Author

Davidson Ward, Sally L. ; Amin, Rahul ; Arens, Raanan ; Zhongping Chen ; Davis, Stephen ; Gutmark, Ephraim ; Superfine, Richard ; Wong, Bernard ; Zdanski, Carlton ; Khoo, Michael C. K.

Author_Institution

Children´s Hosp. Los Angeles, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

5

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept.-Oct. 2014

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

39

Abstract

We understand now that sleep of sufficient length and quality is required for good health. This is particularly true for infants and children, who have the added physiologic task of growth and development, as compared to their adult counterparts. Sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBDs) are common in childhood and if unrecognized and not treated can result in significant morbidity. For example, children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can exhibit behavioral, mood, and learning difficulties. If left untreated, alterations in the function of the autonomic nervous system and a chronic inflammatory state result, contributing to the risk of heart disease, stroke, glucose intolerance, and hypertension in adulthood.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; diseases; medical computing; medical disorders; neurophysiology; paediatrics; pneumodynamics; sleep; OSA; SRBD; adulthood; autonomic nervous system; behavioral difficulties; childhood; children; chronic inflammatory state; computational modeling; development; glucose intolerance; growth; heart disease; hypertension; imaging; learning difficulties; mood difficulties; obstructive sleep apnea; pediatric sleep-related breathing disorders; sleep length; sleep quality; stroke; Atmospheric modeling; Biomedical monitoring; Breathing disorders; Computational modeling; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Surgery;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pulse, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2154-2287

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPUL.2014.2339293

Filename

6908145