Correlation between clinic and polysomnographic findings in children withobstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome

VernacularTitle:阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征患儿临床指标与睡眠监测的相关性分析
Author: Jiancong HUANG ; Jin YE ; Qintai YANG ; Peng LI ; Yuan LI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: sleep apnea,obstructive; child; adenoid; tonsil
From: Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2009;(18):837-839
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To evaluate the correlation between the polysomnographic findings and the degree of obstruction caused by adenoid and tonsillar hypertrophy in children with clinical history of apnea. Method: Retrospectively studied the children who were diagnozed clinically of, obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS) and underwented polysomnograph and endoscopy. Patients were divided nto OSAHS and non-OSAHS group according to polysomnographic findings. Result: Ninty-four children were involved in the study population, and 63 children of them were male. The mean age of the children at the time of inclusion in the study was 6.7 years. 36 children(38.3%) diagnosed OSAHS clinically had normal polysomnographic findings. No differences were found between children with PSG-documented OSAHS and others. Tonsillar and/or adenoid hypertrophy were not correlated to more severe apnea among enrolled children. Conclusion-There was no significant correlation between polysomnographic and clinical findings in children with OSAHS.