Establishment of a comprehensive screening method for obstructive sleep apnea in children

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K18752
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 57070:Developmental dentistry-related
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Principal Investigator: MANABE Asuka 東京医科歯科大学, 歯学部附属病院, 医員 (70846807)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 睡眠時無呼吸症候群 / 小児OSA

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In recent years, attention has been paid to the various effects of the hypoxic environment. low during sleep Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with repeated oxygen conditions occurs not only in adults but also in children.However, it is a convenient and efficient latent method in children who cannot be screened in the same way as adults.Detecting existing childhood OSA is difficult. So far, we have been able to detect the airway from lateral cranial radiographs.We have established a method to quantitatively evaluate the soft tissue structure of Therefore, we proposed a simple and efficient latent The overall concept of the research is to establish a screening method for searching for pediatric OSA.
Therefore, in this study, we quantitatively evaluated the maxillofacial morphology and the soft tissue structure of the airway, and evaluated it as a multifactorial disease. We clarified factors with a high degree of influence on pediatric OSA.

Free Research Field

矯正歯科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

成人OSAで用いられるスクリーニング法を実施できない小児について、簡便かつ効率的に潜在する小児OSAを探索するためのスクリーニング法を確立する」ことで、より多くの潜在する小児OSAの患者が医科と歯科が連携した適切な治療を、適切な時期に受けられる環境を整えることである。また、多因子疾患である小児OSAの病因を同一個体において同一条件で調査することにより、病因の影響度を明らかにしようとした。