Clinical and anatomical characteristics associated with obstructive sleep apnea severity in children

Bozzini, Maria Fernanda Rabelo; Francesco, Renata Cantisani Di; Soster, Leticia Azevedo

doi:10.1016/j.clinsp.2022.100131

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“…In the past, but also in more recent studies, different scales and anatomical criteria, like Brodsky’s grading scale [ 49 , 50 ], Archimedes’ principle [ 51 ], and the Ellipsoid formula [ 52 ], have been applied to estimate the size of the tonsils, especially in children who suffer from snoring and apneas. However, novel and emerging techniques based on ultrasonics are considered the most accurate and efficient [ 53 ].…”

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Insights into the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea

et al. 2023

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleeping disorder caused by complete or partial disturbance of breathing during the night. Existing screening methods include questionnaire-based evaluations which are time-consuming, vary in specificity, and are not globally adopted. Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS), on the other hand, is a painless, inexpensive, portable, and useful tool that has already been introduced for the evaluation of upper airways by anesthetists. PoCUS could also serve as a potential screening tool for the diagnosis of OSA by measuring different airway parameters, including retropalatal pharynx transverse diameter, tongue base thickness, distance between lingual arteries, lateral parapharyngeal wall thickness, palatine tonsil volume, and some non-airway parameters like carotid intima–media thickness, mesenteric fat thickness, and diaphragm characteristics. This study reviewed previously reported studies to highlight the importance of PoCUS as a potential screening tool for OSA.

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