Up to 15 percent of children have sleep apnea, yet 90 percent go undiagnosed

Medical X-Press – Staff Writer

Children are grossly underdiagnosed for sleep disordered breathing (SDB), which includes obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and the symptoms may be wrongly attributed to behavior issues, according to research in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-percent-children-apnea-undiagnosed.html