IMPLICATIONS OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN CHILDREN WITH OBESITY

• Main Authors: Lorena Mihaela Manole (Author), Daniela Carmen Rusu (Author), Mădălina Andreea Donos (Author), Laura Otilia Boca (Author), Otilia Elena Frăsinariu (Author), Laura Mihaela Trandafir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Romanian Society of Oral Rehabilitation, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic and severe breathing-related disorder, caused by adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy and has major impact in children. Obesity is a signifiant risk factor in the pathogenesis of this disease through alteration of the anatomy and the collapsibility of airways which alters...