Children with Nocturnal Upper Airway Obstruction: Postoperative Orthodontic and Respiratory Improvement
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Acta Oto-Laryngologica
- Vol. 118 (4), 581-587
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00016489850154766
Abstract
Twenty children, aged 4-9 years, underwent adeno/tonsillectomy because of unequivocal anamnestic nocturnal obstructive breathing. Preoperatively, apnea-hypopnea index was >5 in 10 cases only, AI>1 in 17. Nineteen children had signs of increased respiratory labour in movement recordings and inspiratory EMG-activity. Oxygen desaturation index was 0 in 7 children, and nadir SaO2Keywords
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