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[Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: A Team effort!]
- Source :
- L' Orthodontie francaise. 91(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in children, which has a multifactorial origin, can lead, if not treated, to severe medical complications, growth disturbances, behavioural changes and reduced quality of life. Nowadays, it is underdiagnosed whereas early screening, diagnosis and interdisciplinary treatment are essential. Furthermore, many families and health professionals do not often know where to go when there is suspicion of OSA for a child. Orthodontists are uniquely positioned to screen, to refer to the appropriate specialist and to treat, if needed, patients who may be at high risk for OSA. The authors describe the synergistic means to screen, diagnose and treat paediatric OSA in a collaborative and interactive approach between ENT, orthodontists, pneumo-allergologists, sleep physicians, endocrinologists, orofacial myo-functional therapists and speech therapists. These means which are clinically illustrated in this paper fit the guidelines which have been recently published as white papers by official professional specialists organisations involved in paediatric OSA treatment (AAPD, AAO, FFO, SFORL, SFRMS…). The development of multidisciplinary teams gathering specialists who are conscious about the mutual benefits of the specialties involved in paediatric OSA should contribute to optimize the child treatment care pathway and the short, mid and long term outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Interdisciplinary treatment
medicine.medical_specialty
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
Health professionals
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Obstructive sleep apnea
Adenoidectomy
Quality of life (healthcare)
Multidisciplinary approach
Care pathway
Long term outcomes
Quality of Life
Medicine
Humans
Rapid maxillary expansion
business
Intensive care medicine
Child
Sleep
Tonsillectomy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 19543395
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- L' Orthodontie francaise
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4fe4dbaa0f03cd05e271375bb0c67606