Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in children is a complex disorder characterised by repeated nocturnal episodes of increased upper airway resistive load. It is most commonly associated with adenotonsillar hypertrophy and more children are now presenting for adenotonsillectomy. These children may pose different anaesthetic problems to those having surgery for recurrent infection alone and anaes...

Our patient with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) not only displayed many typical syndromic features but also presented several unique challenges, with gross velopharyngeal insufficiency necessitating repair and severe obstructive sleep apnea developing thereafter, requiring ongoing non-invasive ventilation. This coincided with development of a narcolepsy-like syndrome, treated with dexamphetamine. ...

This clinical report describes a 3.5-year-old boy suffering from chronic daytime fatigue, accumulated snoring and dramatically appearing apnea during sleep. Oxycardiorespirography revealed a breathing pattern similar to repetitive obstructive apnea and an oxygen saturation periodically dropping to 80%. During tidal breathing, fiberoptic bronchoscopy showed aspiration of the aryepiglottic folds ...

INTRODUCTION Over the last decade, high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy has become an increasingly important and popular mode of noninvasive respiratory support. HFNC facilitates delivery of humidified and heated oxygen at a high flow rate and generates positive airway pressure. METHODS We present five cases of children with OSA without adenotonsillar hypertrophy who were treated with HFNC....

Tonsillar enlargement is a more common cause of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in the pediatric population than it is in adults. The small number of reported cases suggests that tonsillectomy for adult patients with this association may be as a successful as it is known to be for children. We compared polysomnographic findings and/or symptomatology both before and after tonsillectomy in six pati...

introduction: adenotonsillar hypertrophy is a typical cause of surgery in children. evaluation and identification of patients as potential candidates tonsillectomy is a primary concern for otolaryngologists. this study focuses on the results of pulmonary function tests (pfts) after tonsillectomy in children. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study examined 50 patients suffering from t...

Objective: Sleep Disordered Breathing (USB) is one of the most common childhood disorders ranging from simple snoring to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and cause it adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH). Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) another important problem in children USB due ATH. The aim this study was evaluate possible risk factors for development EOM ATH.
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OBJECTIVE Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD), or its precursor, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related lymphoid hyperplasia, may first present in the tonsils and adenoids in the pediatric solid organ transplant population. We sought to identify signs and symptoms of and risk factors for adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH), a potential precursor to PTLD in children following solid o...