Neck Circumference-Height Ratio as a Predictor of Sleep Related Breathing Disorder in Children and Adults | Zendy

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Neck Circumference-Height Ratio as a Predictor of Sleep Related Breathing Disorder in Children and Adults

Author(s) -

Alice Ho,

Douglas E. Moul,

Jyoti Krishna

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.5572

Subject(s) - medicine , circumference , sleep (system call) , polysomnography , sleep disordered breathing , breathing , audiology , pediatrics , obstructive sleep apnea , physical therapy , anesthesia , apnea , mathematics , geometry , computer science , operating system

While neck circumference (NC) is a useful predictor of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults, childhood OSA is difficult to predict clinically. We utilized the neck circumference-height ratio (NHR) to normalize NC in growing children. Our study aimed to determine if (1) NC is a reproducible clinical measurement; (2) NHR predicts OSA in children; (3) this metric translates to adults.

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