Is polysomnography required prior to tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea versus mild sleep disordered breathing in children?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 868-869

  Yellon, Robert F ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ANAMNESIS; APNEA ATTACK; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 77951729408     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20883     Document Type: Short Survey

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