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The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of standard treatments for SDB in children with MMC.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The authors analyzed records from three multidisciplinary spina bifida clinics to identify all patients with both MMC and SDB diagnosed by polysomnography (PSG). The primary outcome of this study was a change in apnea-hypopnea index (AHI; the number of apneic or hypopneic events per hour of sleep) before and after clinically recommended SDB treatments. Clinical and demographic variables were recorded and evaluated for possible association with posttreatment improvement of AHI. Analysis included change in AHI (a continuous variable) and whether SDB improved (defined as an AHI &lt; 2.5 or decrease of AHI by \u2265 50% from baseline).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Seventy-one eligible patients (aged 2 days\u201321 years, 52% male) had an initial AHI &gt; 2.5 and had follow-up PSG after treatment for SDB. The mean AHI decreased from 20.5 (SD 21.6) at baseline to 11.6 (SD 15.7) after treatment (p = 0.0006). Children treated with supplemental oxygen and with continuous positive airway pressure had improvement on PSG (18 of 25 and 12 of 18, respectively). Children treated with adenotonsillectomy were less likely to improve (7 of 19). Forty-one patients (58%) improved from a baseline AHI &gt; 2.5 to an AHI &lt; 2.5 after treatment.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Children with MMC and SDB who undergo standard SDB treatments guided by pediatric sleep medicine physicians show improvement in PSG parameters after treatment.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2024.8.peds24223","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,2]],"date-time":"2024-11-02T02:28:35Z","timestamp":1730514515000},"page":"1-5","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing among children with myelomeningocele"],"prefix":"10.3171","author":[{"given":"Addison","family":"Stewart","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephanie","family":"Rau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ren\u00e9e A.","family":"Shellhaas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jason","family":"Woodward","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Betsy","family":"Hopson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anastasia","family":"Arynchyna-Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Isaac","family":"Shamblin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeffrey P.","family":"Blount","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"John E.","family":"Pascoe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Curtis J.","family":"Rozzelle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James M.","family":"Johnston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mary Halsey","family":"Maddox","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Brandon G.","family":"Rocque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"b1","series-title":"Pediatr Clin North Am","first-page":"879","article-title":"Children with spina bifida: key clinical issues","volume":"57","author":"Sandler AD","year":"2010","unstructured":"Sandler AD. 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