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. 2023 Dec;112(12):2601-2610.
doi: 10.1111/apa.16979. Epub 2023 Oct 2.

Developmental outcome of children with Robin sequence treated with the current Paris protocol

Alix Fleurance  1   2 , Dorothée Leunen  3 , Nancy Végas  1   2   4   5 , Véronique Soupre  2   6 , Lucie Griffon  2   7 , Pauline Adnot  1   2   5 , Gaelle Malecot  1   2 , Romain Luscan  2   8 , Jeanne Amiel  2   4   5   9 , Brigitte Fauroux  2   5   7 , Véronique Abadie  1   2   5
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Developmental outcome of children with Robin sequence treated with the current Paris protocol

Alix Fleurance et al. Acta Paediatr. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to investigate the developmental outcome of children with Robin sequence (RS) for whom continuous positive airway pressure was the main strategy to release upper airway obstruction.

Methods: We included children with isolated RS or RS associated with Stickler syndrome who were aged 15 months to 6 years. We used the French version of the Child Development Inventory and calculated the developmental quotient (DQ) for eight different domains and the global DQ (DQ-global). We searched for determinants of risk of delay.

Results: Of the 87 children, for 71%, the developmental evolution was within the norm (DQ-global ≥86 or ≥-1 SD), 29% were at high risk of delay (DQ-global <86 or <-1 SD), and only 3% were at very high risk of delay (DQ-global <70 or <-2 SD). The DQs for expressive language and language comprehension were lower in our study population than the general population, but an improvement was noticed with the children's growth.

Conclusion: Risk of a developmental delay was not greater for children with the most severe respiratory phenotype than the others. Children whose mothers had low education levels were more at risk than the others.

Keywords: Robin sequence; continuous positive airway pressure; psychomotor development; stickler syndrome; upper airway obstruction.

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