Analysis of outcomes in treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in infants.

Objectives/hypothesis: To investigate interventions used for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in infants.

Study Design: Retrospective medical record review.

Methods: Patients 3 to 24 months old at the time of diagnosis of OSA by polysomnography (PSG) were studied at a tertiary care children's hospital.

Increased eustachian tube dysfunction in infants with obstructive sleep apnea.

Objectives/hypothesis: To investigate the prevalence of eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) in infants with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Study Design: Retrospective medical record review of infants (3-24 months old) diagnosed with OSA and ETD.

Methods: There were 94 infants diagnosed with OSA by polysomnography and ETD as determined by performance of myringotomy and ventilation tube placement (MT).

Narcolepsy in the older adult: epidemiology, diagnosis and management.

Narcolepsy is a disorder of impaired expression of wakefulness and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. This manifests as excessive daytime sleepiness and expression of individual physiological correlates of REM sleep that include cataplexy and sleep paralysis (REM sleep atonia intruding into wakefulness), impaired maintenance of REM sleep atonia (e.g.