A CLINICAL CORRELATION OF OSA-18 SCORE IN CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC ADENOTONSILLITIS AND SUSPECTED TO HAVE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY
Journal Title: PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The most common cause of obstructive sleep apnoea among children are adenoid and tonsillar hypertrophy. Obstructive sleep apnoea is the most common indication for adenotonsillectomy among children. OBJECTIVES: 1) To evaluate the effects of, adenotonsillectomy on children who have obstructive symptoms due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy. 2) To evaluate quality of life using questionnaire. METHODS AND METHODOLOGY: 106 children aged between 5 to 14 years who have obstructive symptoms due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy are interviewed with obstructive sleep aponea-18 questionnaire before and after surgery, the severity of the symptoms and quality of life were evaluated before and 1 month after surgery. RESULTS: The pre and post-operative mean scores were 69.2 ± 5.15 and 24.8 ± 2.15 respectively (p value <0.001). CONCLUSION: Patients with adenotonsillar hypertrophy with obstructive symptoms who underwent adenotonsillectomy experienced significant reduction in severity of symptoms post-surgery. The quality of life improved to a large extent in these children post-surgery.
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Dr. Indraneel Reddy, Dr. Spandana Kandra
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