A
Andrea S. Kermack
Researcher at Montreal Children's Hospital
Publications - 3
Citations - 396
Andrea S. Kermack is an academic researcher from Montreal Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Obstructive sleep apnea & Sleep apnea. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 360 citations.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Planning Adenotonsillectomy in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Role of Overnight Oximetry
Gillian M. Nixon,Andrea S. Kermack,G. Michael Davis,John J. Manoukian,Karen A. Brown,Robert T. Brouillette +5 more
TL;DR: Overnight pulse oximetry can be used to estimate the severity of OSA, to shorten the diagnostic and treatment process for those with more severe disease, and to aid clinicians in prioritization of T&A and planning perioperative care.
Journal ArticleDOI
Adenotonsillectomy Improves Sleep, Breathing, and Quality of Life But Not Behavior
Evelyn Constantin,Andrea S. Kermack,Gillian M. Nixon,Lee Tidmarsh,Francine M. Ducharme,Robert T. Brouillette +5 more
TL;DR: Compared with parents of unoperated children, parents of children who had adenotonsillectomy were more likely to report improvements in sleep, breathing, and QOL but not improvements in concentration, school performance, and intellectual or developmental progress.
Journal ArticleDOI
Respiratory-swallowing interactions during sleep in premature infants at term.
Gillian M. Nixon,Isabelle Charbonneau,Andrea S. Kermack,Robert T. Brouillette,David H. McFarland +4 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that swallowing and associated arousal serve an airway protective role during sleep and medically stable preterm infants exhibit the mature pattern of respiratory-swallowing coordination by the time they reach term.