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Pathophysiology of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Putting It All Together

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Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children

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This chapter aims to amalgamate the various intermediate phenotypes involved in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to explain the clinical expression of the disease: habitual snoring, obstructive hypoventilation, upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS), and OSA. Understanding the individual determinants of the pathophysiology of the pediatric OSA may lead to a more personalized approach to therapy and improved outcomes in the future.

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  1. Pulmonary Department, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Eliot S. Katz MD

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Katz, E.S. (2012). Pathophysiology of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Putting It All Together. In: Kheirandish-Gozal, L., Gozal, D. (eds) Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children. Respiratory Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-725-9_11

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