OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA IN CHILDREN WITH ADENOID HYPERTROPHY.
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Saveetha Medical College, Chennai.
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai.
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The objective of this study wasTo estimate the prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) in children with adenoid hypertrophy using OSA screening questionnaire. This cross-sectional observational study was done in 50 children who visited the ENT department in a tertiary care teaching hospital in south India.The following data like: demographic details, OSA questionnaire filled by the parent, lateral radiograph of neck to assess adenoid size were collected. Fourteen percentage of children had a score of >0.33 in the questionnaire which is suggestive of presence of OSA. Adenotonsillar hypertrophy was found to be a risk factor of OSA in children.
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[Merwin Paul. R, Shobha. K, Srinivasan K and Vivekanandhan. B. (2019); OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA IN CHILDREN WITH ADENOID HYPERTROPHY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Jul). 366-369] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
