Trastornos respiratorios del sueño en pediatría: avances en tiempos pandémicos

Abstract

Sleep-disordered breathing in pediatrics: advances in pandemic timesAdvances in sleep medicine are of great relevance to adequately address sleep disorders in children and adolescents, seeking to reduce their multisystem effects and implementing better standard behaviors. This review article focuses on showing the main advances on sleep-disordered breathing, referring to the experiences published during these pandemic years on epidemiological advances, cardiovascular consequences, reading sleep studies and home studies; finally, aspects of surgical versus conservative treatment, ventilatory support and ambulatory self-regulating devices for titration.