Sleep disordered breathing in children with achondroplasia

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• 作者：Marco Zaffanello ; Gaetano Cantalupo ; Giorgio Piacentini…
• 关键词：Key wordsachondroplasia ; children ; polysomnography ; sleep disordered breathing ; upper respiratory tract obstruction
• 刊名：World Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：13
• 期：1
• 页码：8-14
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• 刊物主题：Pediatrics; Pediatric Surgery; Maternal and Child Health; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Surgery; Imaging / Radiology;
• 出版者：Childrens Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
• ISSN：1867-0687
• 卷排序：13

文摘

BackgroundChildren with achondroplasia often have breathing problems, especially during sleep. The most important treatments are adenotonsillectomy (for treating upper obstruction) and/or neurosurgery (for resolving cervicomedullar junction stenosis).