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Role of paediatric intensive care following adenotonsillectomy for severe obstructive sleep apnoea: criteria for elective admission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2012

P Walker ,
B Whitehead  and
M Rowley
P Walker*
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, John Hunter Children's Hospital, New Lambton, Australia School of Medicine, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
B Whitehead
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Respiratory Medicine Department, John Hunter Children's Hospital, New Lambton, Australia
M Rowley
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, John Hunter Children's Hospital, New Lambton, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Conjoint Assoc Professor Paul Walker, Paediatric Otolaryngologist, PO Box 293, New Lambton, NSW, Australia2305 Fax: +61 2 49572960 E-mail: walkerp@pg.com.au
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Intensive CarePaediatricTonsillectomyObstructive Sleep Apnea

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 127 , Supplement S1 , January 2013 , pp. S26 - S29
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2012

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