![]() ![]() Ballard RD, Saathoff MC, Patel DK, et al.Circadian rhythms and sleep-related breathing disorders. Epidemiology and the concept of underlying mechanisms of nocturnal asthma. van Aalderen WM, Meijer GG, Oosterhoff Y, et al.International journal of clinical practice. Chronobiology and chronopathophysiology of nocturnal asthma. Nocturnal asthma: underlying mechanisms and treatment. Underdiagnosis of nocturnal symptoms in asthma in general practice. Raherison C, Abouelfath A, Le Gros V, et al.Frequency of nocturnal symptoms in asthmatic children attending a hospital out-patient clinic. Meijer GG, Postma DS, Wempe JB, et al.The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York. Nocturnal asthma: mechanisms and management. Sleep and psychological disturbance in nocturnal asthma. In conclusion, this paper suggests that an automated wheeze detective device is an objective and practical tool to aid the diagnosis and monitoring of NA. This review discusses the increasing prevalence of NA, current diagnostic tools and the consequences of undiagnosed NA in children. The presence of wheeze during sleep has been successfully employed as a tool to measure NA in children. The development of a non-invasive, objective, home-based diagnostic tool is crucial in diagnosing and monitoring children with NA. Therefore, NA is chronically underreported. ![]() In addition, there is the lack of physician familiarity regarding the assessment and treatment of NA. Children underreport and underestimate their NA symptoms and parents are not fully aware of their child’s NA indicators. As diurnal spirometry is not a practical tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of NA, self or parental reports are used. NA associated sleep disturbances and increased daytime sleepiness are especially important in children due to the accompanying behavioral and developmental difficulties. In addition to being associated with increased mortality, NA is associated with a decreased quality of life. Nocturnal asthma (NA) is increasing in prevalence, affecting millions of people worldwide. ![]()
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