a new clinical scoring system for adenoid hypertrophy in children

A New Clinical Scoring System for Adenoid Hypertrophy in Children

Introduction: Chronic nasal obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy is a very common disorder. Although the clinical assessment of adenoid hypertrophy is essential, its real value in young children is difficult to evaluate. The purpose of this prospective study was to validate a simple clinical score to predict the severity of adenoid obstruction and to evaluate the relationship between this met...

A New Clinical Scoring System for Adenoid Hypertrophy in Children

INTRODUCTION Chronic nasal obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy is a very common disorder. Although the clinical assessment of adenoid hypertrophy is essential, its real value in young children is difficult to evaluate. The purpose of this prospective study was to validate a simple clinical score to predict the severity of adenoid obstruction and to evaluate the relationship between this meth...

A new scoring system for stratifying risk for cerebral edema in children suffering diabetic ketoacidosis

Background: Predicting adverse neurovascular complications due to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) particularly in children leads to more appropriately management of disease as well as achievement of acceptable patients' survival. Cerebral edema is a life-threatening adverse event following DKA responsible for high mortality rate. Recently, authors have focused introducing new risk assessment tools ...

Articulation error of children with adenoid hypertrophy

PURPOSE Adenoid hypertrophy is a physical alteration that may affect speech, and a speech disorder can have other negative effects on a child's life. Airway obstruction leads to constricted oral breathing and causes postural alterations of several oro-facial structures, including the mouth, tongue, and hyoid bone. The postural modifications may affect several aspects of speech production. MET...

the association between adenoid hypertrophy and enuresis in children

conclusions the results of our study indicated that enuresis was a common health problem among children with ah and it is associated with some symptoms of ah such as osa, growth retardation and irritability. using these findings as baseline data, we could determine the appropriate treatment approach for improving the course of the disease as well as the quality of the affected patients’ lives. ...

Searching the H. pylori serology & PCR in children with adenoid hypertrophy and rhino sinusitis: a cross sectional study, Tehran, Iran