Publications by authors named "M L Katila"
Aim: No studies have described long-term paediatric home respiratory support in Nordic countries. We examined the clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of paediatric patients who received continuous positive airway pressure, non-invasive-positive-pressure ventilation and invasive ventilation from a multidisciplinary home respiratory support team.
Methods: Retrospective tertiary-level data were collected between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2020 in Tampere University Hospital.
Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and persistence of snoring during the first two years of life in two Finnish birth cohorts and to assess the associated factors.
Study Design: The study population comprised 947 children from the CHILD-SLEEP (CS) and 1393 children from the FinnBrain (FB) birth cohorts. Questionnaires were provided to both parents when the child was 24 months of age.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify characteristics of two-year-old children with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) to better assess OSA without needing full-night polysomnography.
- Conducted between 2013 and 2015 in Finland, the research involved a cohort of snoring children, using parental questionnaires, polysomnography, and clinical examinations for data collection.
- Key findings revealed that children with OSA had longer snoring durations, more mouth breathing, and larger adenoid sizes compared to snoring peers without OSA, highlighting these traits as indicators of OSA in toddlers.
Association between snoring and deciduous dental development and soft tissue profile in 3-year-old children.
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop
December 2019
Introduction: The aim was to study the association between snoring and development of occlusion, maxillary dental arch, and soft tissue profile in children with newly completed deciduous dentition.
Methods: Thirty-two (18 female, 14 male) parent-reported snorers (snoring ≥3 nights/week) and 19 (14 female, 6 male) nonsnorers were recruited. Breathing preference (nose or mouth) was assessed at the mean age of 27 months by otorhinolaryngologist.
Aim: This prospective study examined the prevalence of snoring during infancy and the prenatal and postnatal risk factors for this condition.
Methods: The study population comprised 1388 infants from the CHILD-SLEEP birth cohort, who were recruited in the Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Finland, between 2011 and 2013. Sleep and background factor questionnaires were filled out prenatally by parents and when the infant was three and eight months old.