睡眠依赖性阻塞的年龄相关变化在手术无知儿童中
Erica McArdle1, John Dewey1, Ruifeng Cui1
1Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.A.
The Laryngoscope
|August 13, 2024
概括
与年轻儿童相比,患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的老年儿童显示呼吸道阻塞严重程度增加,受影响的部位更多. 这些发现突出了阻塞模式的年龄相关差异,这对于有效的儿科OSA管理至关重要.
科学领域:
- 儿科耳鼻喉科 儿科耳鼻喉科
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 呼吸系统生理学 呼吸系统生理学
背景情况:
- 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 和阻塞性睡眠呼吸障碍 (oSDB) 在儿童中很常见.
- 睡眠期间呼吸道阻塞的位置和严重程度的与年龄相关的变化尚未得到充分了解.
- 药物诱导睡眠内镜 (DISE) 是评估儿科OSA/oSDB呼吸道阻塞的一个关键工具.
研究的目的:
- 研究OSA/oSDB手术前未经治疗的儿童的睡眠依赖性气道阻塞的部位和严重程度的年龄相关差异.
- 通过使用DISE发现来比较不同儿科年龄组的阻塞模式.
主要方法:
- 252名未经手术治疗的儿童 (0-18岁) 患有OSA/oSDB,并接受了DISE的回顾性图表审查.
- 儿童被分为六个年龄组:婴儿,幼儿,幼儿,幼儿,学龄前儿童,学龄前儿童,学龄前儿童和学龄前儿童.
- 阻塞在多个气道部位被分类 (没有/轻度,中度,严重),多次回归分析确定了与年龄相关的差异.
主要成果:
- 年龄较大的儿童的总阻塞得分显着更高,严重阻塞部位的数量更大.
- 在老年人群中,在下轮,腺, palatine tonsils / 侧壁,语言桃体和舌头底部观察到阻塞增加.
- 年龄较小的年龄组在上关节组织中表现出更多的阻塞.
结论:
- 在患有OSA/oSDB的儿童中,呼吸道阻塞的模式和严重程度存在显著的年龄相关变化.
- 这些发现强调了在解释DISE结果和为儿科OSA/oSDB量身定制治疗策略时考虑年龄的重要性.
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