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Preoperative Screening for Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children: A Systematic Literature Review
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Pediatric clinicians often miss sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children undergoing surgery. A preoperative screening tool, the Snoring, Trouble Breathing, Un-Refreshed questionnaire, improves SDB awareness and reduces respiratory complications.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Sleep Medicine
- Surgical Safety
Background:
- Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is often overlooked in pediatric patients undergoing ambulatory surgery.
- Inadequate assessment can lead to anesthesia-related respiratory complications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of a preoperative screening tool in increasing clinician awareness of pediatric SDB.
- To determine if enhanced SDB awareness reduces perioperative respiratory adverse events.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review of 21 articles.
- Selection of six articles focusing on pediatric SDB screening tools for ambulatory surgical centers.
- Analysis of the Snoring, Trouble Breathing, Un-Refreshed (STB-UR) questionnaire's reliability.
Main Results:
- The STB-UR questionnaire is identified as a reliable tool for preoperative SDB identification in children.
- Increased awareness of pediatric SDB aids in developing patient-specific care plans.
- Standardizing STB-UR screening can mitigate perioperative respiratory risks.
Conclusions:
- The STB-UR questionnaire is a valuable tool for preoperative SDB screening in pediatric surgical patients.
- Proactive identification and management of SDB improve surgical safety.
- Standardized preoperative SDB assessment is a crucial safety measure.
Abstract:
Clinicians frequently underestimate or do not assess sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children in ambulatory surgical centers. Identifying the disorder and obtaining information relevant to anesthesia management can be assisted by the use of a standard questionnaire during preoperative assessment. We wanted to determine whether a preoperative screening tool increases clinician awareness of SDB in children and leads to a decrease in perioperative respiratory adverse events. We reviewed 21 articles to identify reliable screening tools for pediatric SDB in ambulatory surgical centers and selected six articles for the review. We concluded that the Snoring, Trouble Breathing, Un-Refreshed questionnaire is a reliable preoperative SDB identification tool and that awareness of preexisting SDB in children presenting for surgery in ambulatory surgical centers aids in designing a patient-specific plan of care to reduce perioperative respiratory adverse events. Standardizing the use of the Snoring, Trouble Breathing, Un-Refreshed questionnaire during the preoperative evaluation is a safety measure for pediatric surgical patients.
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