Sleep-disordered breathing in pediatric heart transplant recipients.

In this single-center cohort of pediatric HTx recipients, sleep-disordered breathing was common and associated with longer peri-transplant respiratory support and length of stay. Given the high incidence of moderate and severe OSA detected in this population, clinicians should regularly screen for SDB and consider PSG testing more frequently in children who have undergone HTx. Further study into the long-term impact of sleep-disordered breathing in pediatric HTx recipients is needed.