Stijn Verhulst

TL;DR: AT leads to significant improvements in indices of sleep-disordered breathing in children, however, residual disease is present in a large proportion of children after AT, particularly among older (>7 yr) or obese children.

TL;DR: This document summarises the conclusions of a European Respiratory Society Task Force on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in childhood and refers to children aged 2–18 years.

TL;DR: SDB is very common in this clinical sample of overweight children and OSA is not associated with abdominal obesity, but higher levels of abdominal obesity and fat mass are associated with central sleep apnoea.

TL;DR: Adenotonsillectomy seems to be effective against obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in obese children and adolescents, and there are limited data on the effects of weight loss and of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure on the severity ofSleep apnea in obeseChildren and adolescents.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that intrauterine exposure to DDE and PCBs is associated with BMI during early childhood.