Current developments in sleep-disordered breathing in children

Symposium
Chairs: E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
Aims: The speakers will review the latest advances in sleep apnoea in children. This will include an overview of the risk factors and complications of sleep-disordered breathing in children. The speakers will present current insights into epidemiological data and the metabolic, cardiovascular and neurocognitive consequences of sleep apnoea in children.

Epidemiology of sleep-disordered breathing in children: role of adenotonsillar hypertrophy and obesity R. Hamutcu Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Cardiovascular morbidity and obstructive sleep apnoea in children A. Kaditis (Piraeus, Greece)
Neurocognitive sequelae of sleep-disordered breathing in children C. Poets (Tuebingen, Germany)
Sleep-disordered breathing and the metabolic syndrome S. Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)