Cross-sectional case-control study of the relationships between pharyngeal compliance and heart rate variability indices in childhood obstructive sleep apnoea

In conclusion, children with increased pharyngeal compliance exhibit decreased sympathetic tone associated with increased AHI in NREM sleep. Therapeutics directed at sympathovagal balance modifications should be tested in childhood OSA.PMID:33880823 | DOI:10.1111/jsr.13337

Source: Journal of Sleep Research - April 21, 2021 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Plamen Bokov Fran çois-Xavier Mauvais Am élia Madani Boris Matrot Michel Lecendreux Catherine Delano ë Eric Konofal Jorge Gallego Christophe Delclaux Source Type: research