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When and how should you evaluate a child for obstructive sleep apnea?

Clinician Author: Perry Brown
Librarian: Janet Schnall


Search Summary
 
Resources Searched: Hits
number of (total)
Search Terms
Clinical Evidence 0 (for dx) obstructive sleep apnea
Cochrane Library Systematic Reviews (CDSR) 0 (for dx) obstructive sleep apnea or osa or osas or osahs or (sleep apnea syndrome* and obstructive) in All Fields and (child or adolescent or adolescents or infant) OR sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis
Cochrane Library - Other Systematic Reviews (DARE) 0 (for dx; only 1 dx for adults) same as CDSR
FPIN Clinical Inquiries 0 (for dx) obstructive sleep apnea
National Guideline Clearinghouse 2 sleep apnea and child adolescen*
AHRQ Evidence Reports 0 obstructive sleep apnea or sleep apnea syndrome and diagnos*
UpToDate 3 obstructive sleep apnea or sleep apnea syndrome and diagnosis
TRIP 1 "obstructive sleep apnea" and diagnos*
Bandolier 0 sleep apnea
PubMed Search: sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [major emphasis] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis [major emphasis] AND obstructive)
Limited by Diagnosis search type filters, part 1
76 (sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [majr] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis [majr] AND obstructive)) AND (Sensitivity and Specificity[mh] OR Diagnostic Errors[mh] OR Likelihood Functions[mh] OR Reproducibility of Results[mh] OR Area Under Curve[mh] OR Probability[mh] OR accurac*[tw] OR false positive*[tw] OR false negative*[tw] OR false rate*[tw] OR likelihood[tw] OR probabilit*[tw] OR receiver operat*[tw] OR roc[tw] OR sensitiv*[tw] OR specificity[tw] OR observer variation*[tw] OR predictive value*[tw] OR differential diagnosis[mh]) AND english[la] AND (infant[mh] OR child[mh] OR adolescent[mh]) AND humans[mh]
PubMed Search: sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [major emphasis] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis [major emphasis] AND obstructive)
Limited by Diagnostic search filters, parts 1 AND 3
38 (sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [majr] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/ diagnosis [majr] AND obstructive)) AND (Sensitivity and Specificity[mh] OR Diagnostic Errors[mh] OR Likelihood Functions[mh] OR Reproducibility of Results[mh] OR Area Under Curve[mh] OR Probability[mh] OR accurac*[tw] OR false positive*[tw] OR false negative* [tw] OR false rate*[tw] OR likelihood[tw] OR probabilit*[tw] OR receiver operat*[tw] OR roc[tw] OR sensitiv*[tw] OR specificity[tw] OR observer variation*[tw] OR predictive value*[tw] OR differential diagnosis[mh]) AND (Cross-Sectional Studies[mh] OR Epidemiologic Studies[mh] OR Case-Control Studies[mh] OR Retrospective Studies[mh] OR Cohort Studies[mh] OR Longitudinal Studies[mh] OR Follow-up Studies[mh] OR Prospective Studies[mh] OR Comparative Study[mh]) AND english[la] AND (infant[mh] OR child[mh] OR adolescent[mh]) AND humans[mh]
PubMed Search: Obstructive sleep apnea and Diagnosis search filter, part 4
new citations (not yet indexed)
1 (obstructive sleep apnea OR osa OR osas OR osahs OR sleep apnea, obstructive OR (sleep apnea syndromes AND obstructive)) AND (sensitiv*[tw] OR specificity[tw] OR diagnostic error*[tw] OR likelihood [tw] OR reproducib*[tw] OR accurac*[tw] OR false positive*[tw] OR false negative*[tw] OR false rate*[tw] OR probability*[tw] OR receiver operat*[tw] OR roc[tw] OR area under curve[tw] OR observer variation*[tw] OR predictive value*[tw] OR differential diagnosis[tw]) AND (child OR infant OR adolescent) NOT medline [sb]
PubMed Search: Obstructive sleep apnea and Diagnosis search filter, part 5
new citations (not yet indexed)
2 (obstructive sleep apnea OR osa OR osas OR osahs OR sleep apnea, obstructive OR (sleep apnea syndromes AND obstructive)) AND (etiolog*[tw] OR aetiolog*[tw] OR incidence[tw] OR prevalence[tw]) AND (child OR infant OR adolescent) NOT medline[sb]
PubMed Search: Obstructive sleep apnea and Diagnosis search filter, part 6
new citations (not yet indexed)
1 (obstructive sleep apnea OR osa OR osas OR osahs OR sleep apnea, obstructive OR (sleep apnea syndromes AND obstructive)) AND (cross sectional[tw] OR epidemiologic[tw] OR case control[tw] OR retrospective*[tw] OR cohort[tw] OR longitudinal[tw] OR follow up[tw] OR prospective[tw] OR comparative[tw]) AND (study[tw] OR studies[tw]) AND (child OR infant OR adolescent) NOT medline[sb]
PubMed Search: sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [major emphasis] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis [major emphasis] AND obstructive)
Limited by Diagnostic Testing search filters (those not searched in Diagnosis search filter)
13 (sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [majr] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis [majr] AND obstructive)) AND (Seroepidemiologic Studies[mh] OR gold standard* [tw]) AND english [la] AND (infant [mh] OR child [mh] OR adolescent [mh]) AND humans [mh]
PubMed Search: obstructive sleep apnea OR (sleep apnea syndromes AND obstructive) and diagnosis and specificity
Clinical Queries: Clinical Study Category
24 ( ((obstructive sleep apnea OR osa OR osas OR osahs OR sleep apnea, obstructive OR (sleep apnea syndromes AND obstructive)) ) ) AND (specificity[Title/Abstract]) AND English[la] AND (infant[mh] OR child[mh] OR adolescent[mh]) AND humans[mh]
PubMed Search: sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis AND obstructive)
Clinical Queries: Systematic Reviews
6 (sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis AND obstructive) ) AND systematic[sb] AND english[la] AND (infant[mh] OR child[mh] OR adolescent[mh]) AND humans[mh]
PubMed Search: sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [majr] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis [majr] AND obstructive)
RCTs (major)
8 ((sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis [majr] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis [majr] AND obstructive)) ) AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials[mh] OR random*[tw]) AND english[la] AND (infant[mh] OR child[mh] OR adolescent[mh]) AND humans[mh]
PubMed Search: sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis AND obstructive)
RCTs
26 ((sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis AND obstructive)) ) AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials[mh] OR random*[tw]) AND english [la] AND (infant [mh] OR child [mh] OR adolescent [mh]) AND humans [mh]
PubMed Search: sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis[majr] OR (sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis[majr] AND obstructive)
Guidelines
14 ("sleep apnea, obstructive/diagnosis"[majr] OR ("sleep apnea syndromes/diagnosis"[majr] AND obstructive[All Fields])) AND (guideline[pt] OR practice guideline[pt] OR guideline*[tw] OR guidelines[mh] OR consensus development conference, nih[pt] OR consensus development conference[pt] OR consensus[tw] OR consensus[mh] OR recommend*[titl]) AND english[la] AND (infant[mh] OR child[mh] OR adolescent[mh]) AND humans[mh]
PubMed searches run 28 Dec 2005
All other searches run 20 Dec 2005

 

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