Open AccessUpper Airway Sensory Function in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Author(s) -
Ignacio E. Tapia,
Preetam Bandla,
Joel Traylor,
Laurie Karamessinis,
Jingtao Huang,
Carole L. Marcus
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/33.7.968
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , tongue , anesthesia , hypopnea , airway , apnea , apnea–hypopnea index , polysomnography , pathology
Children with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) have impaired responses to hypercapnia, subatmospheric pressure, and inspiratory resistive loading during sleep. This may be due, in part, to an impairment in the afferent limb of the upper airway sensory pathway. Therefore, we hypothesized that children with OSAS had diminished upper airway sensation compared to controls.