- Title
- Role of paediatric intensive care following adenotonsillectomy for severe obstructive sleep apnoea: criteria for elective admission
- Creator
- Walker, P.; Whitehead, B.; Rowley, M.
- Relation
- Journal of Laryngology & Otology Vol. 127, Issue S1, p. S26-S29
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022215112001739
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Aims: This study aimed to critically review our criteria for elective admission to the paediatric intensive care unit following adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnoea. Materials and methods: We reviewed 122 children electively admitted between 1997 and 2011. During this time, our criteria for admission evolved. Results: In these 122 children, the respiratory disturbance index during rapid eye movement sleep ranged from 6 to 159 (mean, 83). Forty-one per cent of the children had a recognised co-morbidity. Nine children required extra intervention, i.e. in addition to re-positioning and/or supplemental oxygen. One child was an unplanned re-admission after discharge from the paediatric intensive care unit. Over the same period, five children required unplanned transfers into the paediatric intensive care unit following adenotonsillectomy for sleep-disordered breathing. Conclusion: Based upon these results, we describe our current criteria for elective admission to the paediatric intensive care unit following adenotonsillectomy for severe obstructive sleep apnoea.
- Subject
- intensive care; paediatric; tonsillectomy; obstructive sleep apnea
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1063886
- Identifier
- uon:17401
- Identifier
- ISSN:1748-5460
- Language
- eng
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