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Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: An Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Approach provides researchers and practitioners with a complete and comprehensive source of information on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and controversies concerning sleep disordered breathing in infants. Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, chapters consolidate information on the evaluation and management of pediatric sleep disordered breathing (SDB) currently fragmented across different specialties.
Principles of surgery for SDB as well as non-medical approaches, such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) are covered, and a section dedicated to controversies in pediatric SDB discusses clinical cases and future trends for the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea in children.
List of contents
Section 1. Epidemiology and pathophysiology1. Anatomy of upper airway
2. Regulation of upper airway during sleep
3. Socioeconomic disparities in pediatric sleep disordered breathing
4. Cerebral oxygenation in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
5. Genetics of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
6. Neurobehavioral outcomes of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
7. Quality of life outcomes of pediatric obstructie sleep apnea
8. Cardiovascular complications of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
9. Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: high-risk groups
10. Growth and development in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
Section 2. Evaluation11. Symptoms and signs of upper airway obstruction
12. Polysomnography for evalution of upper airway obstruction
13. Imaging upper airway obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea
14. PEdiatric drug-induced sleep endoscopy
15. Questionnaires for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
16. Technology applications for detection of upper airway obstructive
Section 3. Management17. Adenotonsillectomy
18. Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea following adenotonsillectomy
19. Maxillofacial procedures
20. Positional therapy for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
21. Orofacial myofunctional therapy for pediatric sleep disordered breathing
22. Antiinflamatory therapy for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
23. Positive airway pressure therapy for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
24. Clinical guidelines for the management of pediatric obstructie sleep apnea
25. Comorbid asthma in children with pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
Section 4. Special cases/controversies26. Obstructive sleep apnea in infancy: evaluation and management
27. Obstructive sleep apnea and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
28. Home sleep studies
29. Severe, very severe, and extreme obstructive sleep apnea: principles of management
30. Sleep-related hypoxemia in children
31. Obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome
32. Obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents
33. Hypoglossal nere stimulation
34. Future directions
About the author
Dr. Isaiah earned a medical degree in India with multiple honors and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to complete a DPhil (PhD) in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. During doctoral training, he studied brain plasticity using electrophysiological, statistical, computational, and behavioral techniques. Following postdoctoral training (University of Maryland), residency in otolaryngology (University of Maryland), and a clinical fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology (UT Southwestern/Children’s Dallas), he joined the faculty at University of Maryland in 2016, rising to a full Professor in 2023. He has published widely in the domains of sleep disordered breathing (SDB), brain development, and statistical modeling and leads a laboratory funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Isaiah is interested in technology development and has a portfolio of multiple patents related to upper airway obstructionDr. Mitchell earned his medical degree at the University of Southampton in England. He completed residencies in general surgery and otolaryngology at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and then received advanced training in pediatric otolaryngology through a fellowship at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. In addition to his roles at UT Southwestern, he serves as head of the Sleep Disorders Center at Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Mitchell is the past president of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and is actively involved in his profession’s national leadership, chairing multiple committees, including a recent task force of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAOHNS) that published Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update). A highly respected educator, he has delivered lectures on pediatric otolaryngology and pediatric sleep medicine across the United States and in Israel, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.
