Abstract | OBJECTIVE: RESULTS: At the time of their initial polysomnography, five children had previously undergone tracheostomy, and seven children required supplemental oxygen. Initial polysomnography demonstrated a median obstructive apnea index of 0 (range, 0 to 19.2 apneas/hr). The median number of central apneas with desaturation per study was 0.5 (0 to 49), the median oxygen saturation nadir was 91% (50% to 99%), and the median peak end-tidal pCO2 was 47 mm Hg (36 to 87 mm Hg). Forty-two children (47.7%) had abnormal initial study results, usually caused by hypoxemia. Two children with severe obstructive sleep apnea eventually required continuous positive airway pressure therapy, and three additional children required tracheostomies. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | P J Mogayzel Jr, J L Carroll, G M Loughlin, O Hurko, C A Francomano, C L Marcus |
Journal | The Journal of pediatrics
(J Pediatr)
Vol. 132
Issue 4
Pg. 667-71
(Apr 1998)
ISSN: 0022-3476 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9580768
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Achondroplasia
(complications)
- Adenoidectomy
- Female
- Humans
- Hypoxia
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Infant
- Male
- Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
- Polysomnography
- Positive-Pressure Respiration
- Prospective Studies
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
(diagnosis, etiology, prevention & control)
- Tonsillectomy
- Tracheostomy
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