A multidisciplinary clinical practice guideline, "Polysomnography for Sleep-Disordered Breathing Prior to Tonsillectomy in Children," will be published as a supplement to the July issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, according to a news release.
The guideline provides otolaryngologists with evidence-based medicine for using polysomnography in assessing children aged 2-18 years with sleep-disordered breathing. Polysomnography can be used to assess whether a child is appropriate for tonsillectomy, with or without adenoidectomy.
Commonly referred to as a sleep study, polysomnography is presently the "gold standard" for diagnosing and quantifying sleep-disordered breathing, which affects approximately 12 percent of children. Sleep-disordered breathing symptoms can range from simple snoring to serious conditions such as sleep apnea, which increases surgical and anesthetic risk.
The purpose of the guideline is to improve referral patterns for polysomnography in pediatric patients with sleep-disordered breathing.
Read the news release on sleep-disordered breathing.
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The guideline provides otolaryngologists with evidence-based medicine for using polysomnography in assessing children aged 2-18 years with sleep-disordered breathing. Polysomnography can be used to assess whether a child is appropriate for tonsillectomy, with or without adenoidectomy.
Commonly referred to as a sleep study, polysomnography is presently the "gold standard" for diagnosing and quantifying sleep-disordered breathing, which affects approximately 12 percent of children. Sleep-disordered breathing symptoms can range from simple snoring to serious conditions such as sleep apnea, which increases surgical and anesthetic risk.
The purpose of the guideline is to improve referral patterns for polysomnography in pediatric patients with sleep-disordered breathing.
Read the news release on sleep-disordered breathing.
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