The risk for paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea in rural Queensland

Fischer Marguerite A.; Karadeniz Ersan I.; Flores-Mir Carlos; Lindsay Daniel; Karadeniz Carmen

doi:10.21307/aoj-2021.025

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Jul 2021)

The risk for paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea in rural Queensland

Fischer Marguerite A.,
Karadeniz Ersan I.,
Flores-Mir Carlos,
Lindsay Daniel,
Karadeniz Carmen

Affiliations

Fischer Marguerite A.: Discipline of Orthodontics, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Karadeniz Ersan I.: Discipline of Orthodontics, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Flores-Mir Carlos: Orthodontics Division, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Lindsay Daniel: Discipline of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Karadeniz Carmen: Discipline of Orthodontics, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2021.025
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 37, no. 2
pp. 197 – 205

Abstract

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The importance of assessing patients for paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) cannot be more highly stressed and orthodontists may play an essential role in risk screening. The Paediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) is a validated tool to identify whether a child is at risk for paediatric OSA.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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