Obstructive sleep apnea, control of ventilation, and anesthesia in children

M A Helfaer; M D Wilson

doi:10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38696-5

Obstructive sleep apnea, control of ventilation, and anesthesia in children

Pediatr Clin North Am. 1994 Feb;41(1):131-51. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38696-5.

Authors

M A Helfaer¹, M D Wilson

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 8295799
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38696-5

Abstract

Pathologic disturbances in breathing in children become clinically apparent in the syndrome of obstructive sleep apnea. The surgical approach to this syndrome is often removal of hypertrophied tonsils and adenoids. The preoperative, operative, and postoperative concerns with special attention to the role of anesthesia are reviewed.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adenoidectomy
Anesthesia / methods*
Child
Humans
Polysomnography
Respiration, Artificial / methods*
Severity of Illness Index
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / classification
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / diagnosis
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / mortality
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / physiopathology
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / surgery*
Survival Rate
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tonsillectomy