Journal Reviews

Surgical options for children with OSA

1 January 2017 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, Sleep apnea, Obstructive sleep apnea, Pediatric, Adenotonsillectomy, Lingual tonsillectomy, Midline glossectomy, Supraglottoplasty, Turbinoplasty, Tracheostomy, Drug-induced sleep endoscopy, DISE, Distraction osteogenesis

This paper looks at the surgical management of OSA in children and approaches the method of patient selection initially. They discuss the role of polysomnography in that it is part of the AAOHNS criteria in those patients with OSA symptoms...

Investigations in the management of OSA in children

1 November 2016 | | Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Pediatrics, Pulse Oximetry

The purpose of this study was to pick up variation of practice across the UK in the assessment and management of children with suspected OSA, particularly with reference to pulse oximetry and polysomnography. A questionnaire-based survey revealed that preoperative pulse...

The Impact of sleep endoscopy for paediatric obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

1 May 2015 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, snoring, drug-induced sleep endoscopy, polysomnography, children

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is not always resolved or improved with adenotonsillectomy. Persistent or complex cases of paediatric OSA may be due to sites of obstruction in the airway other than the tonsils and adenoids. Investigation of paediatric obstructive...

The effect of sleep deprivation on auditory processing

1 March 2015 | | Sleep Deprivation, Pitch Discrimination, Aptitude, Frontal Lobe, Arousal, Short-Term Memory, Hearing, Sleep, Psychology

This article caught my eye for personal and professional reasons. As a full time ENT trainee working 24-hour on-calls, I also have young children who have never slept through the night and don’t respect weekends or days off. My FRCS...

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