OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA IN CHILDREN WITH ADENOID HYPERTROPHY

The objective of this study wasTo estimate the prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) in children with adenoid hypertrophy using OSA screening questionnaire. This cross-sectional observational study was done in 50 children who visited the ENT department in a tertiary care teaching hospital in south India.The following data like: demographic details, OSA questionnaire filled by the parent, lateral radiograph of neck to assess adenoid size were collected. Fourteen percentage of children had a score of >0.33 in the questionnaire which is suggestive of presence of OSA. Adenotonsillar hypertrophy was found to be a risk factor of OSA in children.