Alternatives to polysomnography for children with suspected obstructive sleep apnoea.

打鼾是阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）的主要症状，OSA是儿童时期的一个主要健康问题，对认知，行为和心血管健康有重大影响。大约35%的儿童打鼾，但只有10%的人患有OSA。在打鼾的儿童中定义OSA需要多导睡眠图，这是一种技术上具有挑战性且昂贵的测试。在这项研究中，我们将研究一些简单的测试，其预测能力的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停，开发一种工具，使临床医生诊断阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停，而不需要多导睡眠图。

Snoring is the cardinal symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), a major health issue in childhood with significant impacts on cognition, behaviour and cardiovascular health. Approximately 35% of children snore but only about 10% of those have OSA. Defining OSA in a snoring child requires polysomnography, a technically challenging and expensive test. In this study we will examine a number of simple tests for their predictive power for OSA, developing a tool that will enable clinicians to diagnose OSA without the need for polysomnography.