Results of treatment for ronchopathy and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children with adenoid hypertrophy/vegetations

Introduction. There are various sleep disorders that are striking and depressing at the same time in their diversity. One of the urgent problems that modern medicine is working on is problems with breathing during sleep, including obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The prevalence of this disease in children ranges from 1.2 to 5.7%. Adenotomy is an absolute indication for children with OSAS and adenoid hypertrophy. Aim. To study the frequency of occurrence of the OSAS in patients admitted to their hospital otorhinolaryngological department of Rauhfus Children’s Municipal Multi-Specialty Clinical Center of High Medical Technology for the planned surgical treatment of adenoid hypertrophy; to assess the effect of adenotomy on the course of OSAS in children. Materials and methods. 42 children aged from 4 to 12 years were examined; all patients underwent computer-based pulse oximetry, rhinomanometry, and nasopharyngeal endoscopy. Results. After adenotomy, nasal patency in children improved significantly: from 289.26 ml/s to 467.00 ml/s; the mean night saturation and desaturation nadir values in children during treatment improved from 97.31 to 97.68% and from 87.58 to 91.52%, respectively; sleep apnea syndrome was detected in 88% of all patients; 1 month after adenotomy, in 66.67% of the examined children OSAS was not detected. Conclusion. Improvement of nasal breathing after adenotomy, confirmed by rhinomanometry data, contributes to improved sleep, as evidenced by the results of computer-based pulse oximetry.