OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors for respiratory complications after adenotonsillectomy in children ≤ 12 years of age with obstructive sleep apnea who were referred to the pediatric ICU (PICU). METHODS A cross-sectional historical cohort study analyzing 53 children after adenotonsillectomy who met predetermined criteria for PICU referral in a tertiary level teaching hospital. The Student's ...

Adenotonsillectomy is the most common surgery performed for sleep disordered breathing with good outcomes. Children with obesity, craniofacial disorders, and neurologic impairment are at risk for persistent sleep apnea after adenotonsillectomy. Techniques exist to address obstructive lesions of the palate, tongue base, or craniofacial skeleton in children with persistent sleep apnea. Children w...

background: the present study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of acetaminophen plus dexamethasone on post‑operative emergence agitation in pediatric adenotonsillectomy. methods: a total of 128 patients were randomized and assigned among four groups as: intravenous (iv) dexamethasone, oral acetaminophen, iv dexamethasone plus oral acetaminophen, placebo. group 1 received 0.2 mg/kg dexamethaso...

1 Metin Çeliker1, Naci Ceviz2, Haşim Olgun2, Özgür Yörük3, Sezgin Kurt4 1KBB, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi, Rize Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Rize, 2Pediyatrik Kardiyoloji, Ataturk Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları, Erzurum, 3KBB, Ataturk Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Erzurum, 4KBB, Kafkas Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Kars, Türkiye ADENOTONSILLECTOMY EFFECT ON DIA...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare postoperative complications associated with monopolar dissection adenotonsillectomy, with and without the application of FloSeal at the completion of the procedure. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of 800 cases of adenotonsillectom...

We conducted a prospective study of 48 children, aged 2 to 14 years, who had persistent bilateral otitis media with effusion, enlarged adenoids, and a bilateral conductive hearing loss. Half of these patients underwent adenoidectomy and the other half adenotonsillectomy. All patients were followed every 2 weeks for up to 6 months. At 2 months postoperatively, the overall success rate in terms o...