TITLE:
Polysomnographic findings of obstructive sleep apnea in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy
AUTHORS:
Érico Campos Moreira Silva, Vinícius S. Moraes, Helena Protetti, Silke T. Weber
KEYWORDS:
Polysomnogram; Sleep Architecture; Children; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Sleep Disordered Breathing
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.5 No.8B,
August
14,
2013
ABSTRACT: Serous Background:
There are few studies assessing the clinical manifestations of sleep
breathing disorders and polysomnograms in several pediatric age ranges. This
studied aimed to assess polysomnography results such as apnea-hypopnea index,
mean oxygen saturation and sleep efficiency in children presenting with airway
obstruction and adenotonsillar hypertrophy complaints, and to establish
whether they are correlated to age and sex. Methods: A retrospective study with children of both sexes, aged
between 2 and 12 years, with clinically suspected obstructive sleep apnea
syndrome and adenotonsillar hypertrophy, who underwent polysomnography before
surgery. The children were allocated to groups according to their age range (Group
I: 2 to 4 years old; Group II: 5 to 8 years old; Group III: 9 to 12 years old).
Apnea-hypopnea index, mean oxygen saturation and sleep efficiency data were
compared between sexes and among the three groups (Student’s t test, p