Vol. 7 (07) pp. 366-369 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9369

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA IN CHILDREN WITH ADENOID HYPERTROPHY.

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  • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Saveetha Medical College, Chennai.
  • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai.
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Abstract

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 (07), 366-369, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9369

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