However, the availability of pediatric sleep laboratories is limited. Early identification and therapy for OSAS during childhood and adolescence likely minimizes its neurocognitive and cardiovascular complications and may enable efforts aimed at decreasing associated morbidities during adulthood. 2 – 4 In adults, OSAS is associated with cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, insulin resistance, and mortality. OSAS has been linked to poor cognitive performance, cardiovascular morbidity, and insulin resistance in adolescent populations. 1 The link between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has, in turn, increased demand for diagnostic services aimed at identifying pediatric patients with OSAS. An increasingly high incidence of pediatric obesity is well documented.
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