Obstructive sleep apnoea in adults and children
SessionChairs: Maria Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), Refika Hamutcu Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Aims: To discuss how to recognise the child at risk for sleep-disordered breathing and the associated morbidity, summarise the value of polysomnography and other objective methods in determining severity of sleep-disordered breathing, present a stepwise treatment approach and compare diagnosis and management of sleep-disordered breathing in children and adults.
Target audience: Respiratory physicians with an interest in paediatric OSAS, paediatric respiratory physicians, sleep medicine specialists and general paediatricians.