Which obese children should have a sleep study?

S A McKenzie¹, A Bhattacharya, R Sureshkumar, B Joshi, A Franklin, R Pickering, I Dundas

¹2nd floor, Fielden House, Royal London Hospital, Barts and the London NHS Trust, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK. s.a.mckenzie@awell.co.uk

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The UK government has recommended the development of obesity services for children. As obesity is common, studying every obese child for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) would be challenging and full paediatric sleep services are not available in every area in Europe. The purpose of this study was to consider how well clinical features predict significant OSA in obese children in order t…

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