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Sleep-disordered breathing in children and adults with intellectual disability: mind the gap!

Renata L RihaAnkur SinghElizabeth A HillHazel EvansDavid O'Regan
Published in: Thorax (2024)
This review highlights the importance of identifying SDB in this heterogenous population, recognising the multi-faceted, deleterious consequences of untreated SDB in people with ID, and presents some strategies that can be harnessed to improve diagnosis and management. Until further ID-specific research is available, we urge flexibility in the approach to people with ID and SDB based in guidelines and standard practice developed for the typically developing population.
Keyphrases
  • intellectual disability
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • quality improvement