Assessment of Quality of Life and Symptoms in Non Syndromic Paediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Patients: Before and After Adenotonsillectomy
| Autor: | M. B. Bharathi, Sunena Saju, B. S. Rakesh, B. G. Prakash |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Moderate to severe
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics business.industry Mouth breathing Adenoid 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Quality of life 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cohort Medicine Surgery medicine.symptom 030223 otorhinolaryngology business Non syndromic Paediatric patients |
| Zdroj: | Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India. 74(Suppl 2) |
| ISSN: | 2231-3796 |
| Popis: | This study aims to assess the improvement in quality of life and symptoms in paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea patients before and after adenotonsillectomy. From all paediatric patients who presented to our OPD with complaints of mouth breathing and snoring, a subset of patients fulfilling our inclusion criteria were selected and evaluated with PSQSRBD scale, quality of life (QoL) inventory and PSG level-III. Later37 patients who had moderate to severe OSA were selected for study and underwent adenotonsillectomy. They were further followed up postoperatively at 3 months and 7 months with PSQSRBD Scale and QoL inventory. The study cohort had 37 patients with moderate to severe OSA, with a mean age of 8yrs.The postoperative (mean of 3rd and 7th month) values of PSQSRBD Scale and QoL inventory values was significantly (p |
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