This study aimed to retrospectively investigate the factors related to pediatric obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children younger than 6 years and those older than 6 years.A total of 437 children who were hospitalized due to OSAHS between January 2014 and December 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. The children were furt...

Although there is abundant literature for both experimental and numerical studies of respiratory aerosol exposure in nasal airways, research efforts concentrating on diseased cavities undergoing pathological changes remain significantly less. This paper presents a comparative study pre- post-operative airway models based 3-year-old cavity model with severe nasopharynx obstruction due to the pre...

OBJECTIVE To report the clinical and imaging findings in patients living in the Western Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where the Benin b-globin gene haplotype is prevalent. METHODS Our study population consists of 36 sickle cell disease patients (17 males, 19 females; age range, 1.6-35.6 years; mean age, 19.4 years) with suspected cerebrovascular complications. Major clinical present...

BACKGROUND The involvement of mouth breathing, facial, and structural growth alterations, especially during childhood has been discussed in medical and dental literature. The relevance of airway obstruction and its assumed effect on facial growth continues to be debated. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was aimed at assessing the dental and soft tissue abnormalities in mouth breathing childre...

BACKGROUND Adenoid basal carcinoma of the cervix is a rare condition mostly occurring among postmenopausal women. Although it can be confused with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix, adenoid basal carcinoma has several clinicopathologic features that will allow distinction from adenoid cystic carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION This is the case of a twenty-year old African-American female who in...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To analyze the relationship between laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) represented by pepsin and pepsinogen, and pathogenesis of otitis media with effusion (OME). STUDY DESIGN Prospective case-control study. METHODS Children with OME who required adenoidectomy and tympanostomy/tympanostomy tubes placement were enrolled in OME group, whereas children with adenoid hypertroph...