Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Hypertension was not mentioned

Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Hypertension was not mentioned

The report from our centre also showed that snoring children without obstructive sleep apnoea had higher blood pressure but not hypertension and decreased arterial distensibility compared with controls. 4 The study quoted by Kotagal to support the use of comprehensive clinical assessment to diagnose...

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Published in:BMJ Vol. 331; no. 7513; pp. 405 - 405; author reply 406
Main Authors: Ng, Daniel K, Chan, Chung-hong, Kwok, Ka-li, Leung, Lettie C, Chow, Pok-yu
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 13-08-2005
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Subjects:
Blood pressure
Child
Confidence intervals
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Letters
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications
Sleep deprivation
Sleep disorders
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Summary:The report from our centre also showed that snoring children without obstructive sleep apnoea had higher blood pressure but not hypertension and decreased arterial distensibility compared with controls. 4 The study quoted by Kotagal to support the use of comprehensive clinical assessment to diagnose childhood obstructive sleep apnoea included a sample of 41 children.
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Competing interests: None declared.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405-b