Abstract
Numerous studies in the past 10 years have reported on the
neurocognitive sequalae of pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB).
Variations in criteria used to define SDB in conjunction with the wide
variety of neuropsychological measures selected to evaluate cognitive
consequences of SDB have resulted in discrepancies within the
literature. This review summarizes the extant literature regarding
cognitive effects of pediatric SDB across domains of global
intelligence, attention, executive function, memory, language, and
visuospatial ability. This review also addresses the proposed etiology
underlying neurocognitive consequences of pediatric SDB. The differences
in findings across the literature are highlighted and discussed
throughout.