British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing

Hazel Evans, Neil Gibson, Joanna Bennett, Samantha Chan, Johanna Gavlak, Katharine Harman, Hasnaa Ismail-Koch, Ruth N. Kingshott, Ross Langley, Andrew Morley,

Thorax · 2023 · 33 citations · 16 references

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Please note that sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children without comorbidities is related to snoring and upper airway obstruction and commonly referred to as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). ### Diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing in children with suspected sleep-disordered breathing #### Sleep questionnaires, combined sleep questionnaires and ‘protocol-driven’ clinical assessments, sleep video recordings and sleep audio recordings ##### Children without comorbidities ###### Recommendations ###### Good practice points ##### Children with comorbidities ###### Good practice point #### Pulse oximetry and CRSS ##### Children without comorbidities ###### Recommendation

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