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https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2018.19

Adenotonsillectomy in a two-year-old boy with extremely severe obstructive sleep apnea

Zlatko Kljajić ; KBC Split
Željka Roje
Petar Ivanišević
Kristijan Bečić


Puni tekst: engleski pdf 423 Kb

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Sažetak

While there is a variety of surgical and non-surgical treatment options for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults, surgery remains
the option of choice in paediatric patients due to the fact that more than 90% of childhood OSA is associated with adenotonsillar
hypertrophy. Age under three years is often described as one of the most common risk factors for developing postoperative complications.
The most important additional risk factor is severity of the disease as measured by polysomnography (PSG). The authors
report a case of a 20-month-old boy with extremely severe OSA and a history of repeated respiratory cessation during sleep lasting
for up to 30 seconds and lowest recorded saturation during PSG of 67% with the apnoea-hypopnoea index 58.43/h. As classical adenotonsillectomy
is recommended only after the child has reached three years, due to the small circulating volume of the blood,
several solutions were considered but, ultimately, classical ‘cold steel’ adenotonsillectomy was performed when the child reached
two years. This case shows the importance of surgical treatment in severe cases of OSA even in very small children, despite the recommendations,
due to the increased risks in neurocognitive and behavioural development.

Ključne riječi

SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; CHILD

Hrčak ID:

216974

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/216974

Datum izdavanja:

25.9.2018.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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