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Wang X, Chen YC, Li L, Pan HG, Teng YS. Effects of drug-induced sleep endoscopy in children with conventional obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Breath 2024; 28:935-944. [PMID: 37917282 PMCID: PMC11136838 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-023-02945-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis and systematic review of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) in pediatric conventional obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) without previous upper airway surgery, or comorbidity, to evaluate the change in treatment strategies and to identify obstructive sites observed during DISE. This study aimed to explore the role of DISE in the management of pediatric conventional OSAHS. METHODS A comprehensive search was conducted using both computerized and manual methods to retrieve relevant case studies on DISE-guided treatment of pediatric conventional OSAHS from databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, WF, and VIP database. The search period extended from database inception to January 2023. Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied to select relevant literature, and data extraction was performed accordingly. Meta-analysis was conducted using the Stata 16.0 software. RESULTS A total of 761 patients from four studies were included in the meta-analysis. All pediatric patients had no history of upper airway surgery, craniofacial abnormalities, or syndromes other than OSAHS. The quality assessment revealed that the included studies were of low methodological quality and consisted of non-randomized case studies. Meta-analysis results indicated that in pediatric patients with OSAHS, the obstruction rates observed during DISE were as follows: nasopharyngeal (adenoid) obstruction 93%, soft palate obstruction 35%, oropharyngeal (tonsil) obstruction 76%, tongue base obstruction 32%, supraglottic obstruction 31%, and multi-level obstruction 60%. DISE led to a change in the conventional surgical approach in 45% (95% CI: 29-60%) of patients with OSAHS, providing individualized treatment plans. Postoperative symptoms and sleep-related parameters improved significantly compared to preoperative values, with DISE findings possibly enhancing surgical success rates and potentially avoiding unnecessary procedures. CONCLUSION In some cases, DISE may potentially lead to alterations in conventional surgical approaches for children with OSAHS who had no history of upper airway surgery, craniofacial abnormalities, or other syndromes.. The results of our meta-analysis were in favor of DISE-directed approach for pediatric conventional OSAHS. However, further high-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are warranted in future research to investigate the role of DISE in the management of pediatric OSAHS.
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- Xin Wang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, China Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Goshtasbi K, Su E, Jing JC, Nguyen TV, Hong EM, Dilley KD, Ahuja GS, Chen Z, Wong BJF. Long-range optical coherence tomography of pediatric airway during drug induced sleep endoscopy: A preliminary report. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 178:111900. [PMID: 38408413 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.111900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) is often performed for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) when initial diagnostic studies do not provide adequate information for therapy. However, DISE scoring is subjective and with limitations. This proof-of-concept study demonstrates the use of a novel long-range optical coherence tomography (LR-OCT) system during DISE of two pediatric patients. METHODS LR-OCT was used to visualize the airway of pediatric patients during DISE. At the conclusion of DISE, the OCT probe was guided in the airway under endoscopic visual guidance, and cross-sectional images were acquired at the four VOTE locations. Data processing involved image resizing and alignment, followed by rendering of three-dimensional (3D) volumetric models of the airways. RESULTS Two patients were included in this study. Patient one had 18.4%, 20.9%, 72.3%, and 97.3% maximal obstruction at velum, oropharynx, tongue base, and epiglottis, while patient two had 40.2%, 41.4%, 8.0%, and 17.5% maximal obstruction at these regions, respectively. Three-dimensional reconstructions of patients' airways were also constructed from the OCT images. CONCLUSION This proof-of-concept study demonstrates the successful evaluation of pediatric airway during DISE using LR-OCT, which accurately identified sites and degrees of obstruction with respective 3D airway reconstruction.
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- Khodayar Goshtasbi
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; School of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; School of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Valderrama-Penagos JX, Rodríguez Alcalá L, Plaza G, Baptista P, Garcia Iriarte MT, Correa EJ, O’Connor-Reina C. Ankyloglossia in Children, a Cause of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Case Report of Paediatric Ankyloglossia and Sleep Apnoea: DISE Resolves the Mystery. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 11:218. [PMID: 38397330 PMCID: PMC10887148 DOI: 10.3390/children11020218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Tongue mobility is an obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) marker and myofunctional therapy (MFT) target. For this reason, all paediatric patients with sleep-disordered breathing should require a combined functional assessment from an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist and a phonoaudiologist to confirm or rule out the presence of ankyloglossia. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a 13-year-old girl diagnosed with severe OSA and a significant decrease of 94% in her apnoea index (AI), requiring frenotomy with an immediate postoperative change in the tongue position. A drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) was performed before and immediately postfrenotomy, and the anatomical changes provoked by this surgery during sleep were confirmed for the first time.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Quiron Salud Marbella, Av. Severo Ochoa 22, 29603 Marbella, Spain
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Fuenlabrada, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos I, 28032 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital La Linea, 11300 La Linea de la Concepción, Spain
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Quiron Salud Marbella, Av. Severo Ochoa 22, 29603 Marbella, Spain
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Williamson A, Morrow VR, Carr MM, Coutras SW. Safety and efficacy of lingual tonsillectomy in multilevel airway surgery for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med 2024; 20:189-199. [PMID: 37707284 PMCID: PMC10835779 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.10816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Prior studies have demonstrated the efficacy of lingual tonsillectomy in treating pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. The goal of this study is to describe the postoperative outcomes following lingual tonsillectomy as a part of drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed multilevel sleep surgery. METHODS A retrospective review was performed for pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea who underwent lingual tonsillectomy as a part of drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed sleep surgery. Data collected included age, sex assigned at birth, body mass index z-score, polysomnography results, past medical and surgical history, and postoperative outcomes. RESULTS A total of 174 patients were included in the study with a mean age of 8.29 ± 3.49 years (range 1.89-15.62) and mean preoperative apnea-hypopnea index of 7.88 ± 13.42 (range 1.10-123.40). Complications occurred in 26 patients (14.9%) including 14 patients (8.0%) requiring emergency department visit or readmission and 12 patients (6.9%) experiencing postoperative bleeding. Asthma (P = .033) and developmental delay (P = .016) correlated with postoperative complications. For patients with preoperative and postoperative polysomnography data (n = 145; 83.3%), there was significant improvement (P < .001) in apnea-hypopnea index with a mean postoperative apnea-hypopnea index of 4.02 ± 7.81 (range 0.00-54.46). Surgical failure, defined as postoperative apnea-hypopnea index ≥ 5, was identified in 25 patients (17.2%). Surgical failure was associated with body mass index z-score > 2 (P = .025) and Trisomy 21 (P = .005). CONCLUSIONS This study highlights the promising surgical success rate of drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed lingual tonsillectomy in multilevel sleep surgery (82.8%) and infrequent complications including postoperative bleeding (6.9%) and readmission (2.3%). CITATION Williamson A, Morrow VR, Carr MM, Coutras SW. Safety and efficacy of lingual tonsillectomy in multilevel airway surgery for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024;20(2):189-199.
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- Adrian Williamson
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head Neck Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Iannella G, Magliulo G, Greco A, De Virgilio A, Maniaci A, Lechien JR, Calvo-Henriquez C, Bahgat AY, Casale M, Lugo R, Baptista P, Salamanca F, D’Ecclesia A, Perrone T, Leone F, Cannavicci A, Cammaroto G, Vicini C, Pace A. Clinical Application of Pediatric Sleep Endoscopy: An International Survey. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 11:94. [PMID: 38255407 PMCID: PMC10814917 DOI: 10.3390/children11010094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate through an international survey the actual clinical application of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) in pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and to clarify the use, application, clinical indications, and protocol of pediatric DISE. METHODS A specific survey about pediatric DISE was initially developed by five international otolaryngologists with expertise in pediatric sleep apnea and drug-induced sleep endoscopy and was later spread to experts in the field of sleep apnea, members of different OSA-related associations. RESULTS A total of 101 participants who answered all the survey questions were considered in the study. Sixty-four sleep apnea experts, equivalent to 63.4% of interviewed experts, declared they would perform DISE in pediatric OSA patients. A total of 81.9% of responders agreed to consider the DISE as the first diagnostic step in children with persistent OSA after adenotonsillectomy surgery, whereas 55.4% disagreed with performing DISE at the same time of scheduled adenotonsillectomy surgery to identify other possible sites of collapse. In the case of young patients with residual OSA and only pharyngeal collapse during DISE, 51.8% of experts agreed with performing a velopharyngeal surgery. In this case, 27.7% disagreed and 21.4% were neutral. CONCLUSION Pediatric DISE is internationally considered to be a safe and effective procedure for identifying sites of obstruction and collapse after adenotonsillectomy in children with residual OSA. This is also useful in cases of patients with craniofacial malformations, small tonsils, laryngomalacia or Down syndrome to identify the actual site(s) of collapse. Despite this evidence, our survey highlighted that pediatric DISE is not used in different sleep centers.
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- Giannicola Iannella
- Department of Organi di Senso, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (A.G.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Organi di Senso, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (A.G.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Organi di Senso, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (A.G.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, 20072 Milan, Italy;
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kore University, 94100 Enna, Italy;
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Elsan Polyclinic of Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France;
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- Service of Otolaryngology, Rhinology Unit, Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela Travesía de Choupana, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424041, Egypt;
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- Integrated Therapies in Otolaryngology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Grupo Medico San Pedro, Monterrey 64660, Mexico;
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain;
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- Otorhinolaryngology Unit, San Pio X Hospital, 20159 Milan, Italy; (F.S.); (F.L.)
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- IRCCS ‘Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza’, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy;
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- Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Civil Hospital of Alghero, 07041 Alghero, Italy;
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- Otorhinolaryngology Unit, San Pio X Hospital, 20159 Milan, Italy; (F.S.); (F.L.)
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- Head-Neck and Oral Surgery Unit, Department of Head-Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, 47121 Forlì, Italy; (A.C.); (G.C.)
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- Head-Neck and Oral Surgery Unit, Department of Head-Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, 47121 Forlì, Italy; (A.C.); (G.C.)
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- Department ENT & Audiology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy;
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- Department of Organi di Senso, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (A.G.); (A.P.)
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common children. There is a demand for more family-focused evaluation and novel diagnostic approaches. Drug-induced sleep endoscopy is increasingly being used clinically in children with Down syndrome and other comorbidities. Several studies have examined the association between OSA and other comorbidities during childhood. Therapeutic options for OSA in children remain limited. Recent studies have examined the utility of hypoglossal nerve stimulation in children with Down syndrome. Positive airway pressure has been a mainstay of OSA treatment. Several recent studies have assessed factors associated with adherence. Infants are challenging to treat for OSA.
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Johnson ZJ, Lestrud SO, Hauck A. Current understanding of the role of sleep-disordered breathing in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2022.101609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Kirkham EM. Pediatric Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2022; 55:1165-1180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2022.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Viana A, Estevão D, Zhao C. The clinical application progress and potential of drug-induced sleep endoscopy in obstructive sleep apnea. Ann Med 2022; 54:2909-2920. [PMID: 36269026 PMCID: PMC9590429 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2134586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background and Objective: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterized by nocturnal repetitive upper airway (UA) collapse. For sleep physicians, the recognition of UA collapse characteristics is critical for understanding OSA mechanisms and developing individualized treatment plans. Drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) is an exam during simulated sleep that allows the dynamic assessment of the UA of individuals with OSA. The initial recognition of DISE was to locate the sites of UA obstruction and direct the surgical selection of OSA since it was introduced in the 1990s. After approximately 30 years of studies, based on advances in endoscopic operative techniques and innovative treatments of OSA, DISE had been performed to explore mechanisms and comprehensive treatments related to UA collapse. Methods: This article reviewed contemporary DISE advances, including indications and contraindications, technique of induced sleep, endoscopic operation, UA characteristics classification.Results and Conclusions: Precise selection based on the association between collapse patterns and treatment modalities, such as continuous positive airway pressure, oral appliance, positional therapy, robotic surgery and neurostimulator implanting, is the future research prospect based on DISE.Key messagesDISE provides sleep physicians with valuable information about the upper airway collapse characteristics and dynamic changes during sleep.The studies based on DISE findings improve the selectivity and efficiency of treatment modalities, including classical therapies such as continuous positive airway pressure, oral appliance, positional therapy, and innovative therapies such as neurostimulator implanting and robotic surgery, promote the advancement of OSA precision medicine.
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- Alonço Viana
- Graduate Program of Neurology, Rio de Janeiro State Federal University (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Marcilio Dias Naval Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Graduate Program of Neurology, Rio de Janeiro State Federal University (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Glória D'Or Hospital - Rede D'Or São Luiz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common entity that can cause both daytime and nighttime issues. Children with symptoms should be screened for OSA. If possible, polysomnography should be performed to evaluate symptomatic children. Depending on the severity, first-line options for treatment of pediatric OSA may include observation, weight loss, medication, or surgery. Even after adenotonsillectomy, about 20% of children will have persistent OSA. Sleep endoscopy and cine MRI are tools that may be used to identify sites of obstruction, which in turn can help in the selection of site-specific treatment.
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- Pakkay Ngai
- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Children's Health, 30 Prospect Avenue, WFAN 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Children's Health, 30 Prospect Avenue, WFAN PC-311, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA.
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De Lausnay M, Verhulst S, Van Hoorenbeeck K, Boudewyns A. Obstructive Sleep Disorders in Down Syndrome's Children with and without Lower Airway Anomalies. CHILDREN-BASEL 2021; 8:children8080693. [PMID: 34438584 PMCID: PMC8392245 DOI: 10.3390/children8080693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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(1) Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and lower airway anomalies are both highly prevalent in children with Down syndrome (DS). However, little is known on the interaction between both. We aim to investigate the co-occurrence of OSA (defined as obstructive apnea/hypopnea index (oAHI) ≥ 2/h) and lower airway anomalies in children with DS and explore their impact on OSA severity and treatment outcome. (2) Methods: Retrospective analysis of data from airway endoscopy and polysomnography (PSG) in a cohort of children with DS. (3) Results: Data on both lower airway evaluation and PSG were available for 70 patients with DS. Our study population was relatively young (mean age 3.5 years), not obese and presented with severe OSA (mean oAHI 13.1/h). Airway anomalies were found in 49/70 children (70%), most frequently laryngomalacia, tracheomalacia or a combined airway malformation. In the remaining 21 cases (30%), endoscopy was normal. A comparison between both groups showed a similar distribution of gender, age and BMI z-scores. The prevalence of OSA was not significantly higher in DS patients with airway anomalies (89.6% vs 71.4%, p = 0.078). Additionally, OSA severity or treatment choice (conservative, upper airway surgery or CPAP) were not significantly different. Follow-up data (available for 49/70 patients) showed a significant improvement of OSA in both groups. There is a not significant tendency to more patients with persistent OSA among those with lower airway anomalies (34.3% vs 7.1%, p = 0.075). (4) Conclusions: We found no significant differences in OSA severity, treatment choice or outcome between children with DS with and without lower airway anomalies. Further studies should investigate the role of DISE-directed treatment and compare the outcome of different treatment modalities in larger patient groups.
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- Mariska De Lausnay
- Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Drie Eikenstraat 655, 2650 Edegem, Belgium; (S.V.); (K.V.H.)
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP), Antwerp University, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +32-3821-3251
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- Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Drie Eikenstraat 655, 2650 Edegem, Belgium; (S.V.); (K.V.H.)
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP), Antwerp University, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Drie Eikenstraat 655, 2650 Edegem, Belgium; (S.V.); (K.V.H.)
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP), Antwerp University, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Antwerp University Hospital, Drie Eikenstraat 655, 2650 Edegem, Belgium;
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Raol N, Hartnick C. Pediatric Airway Surgery: Advances in Evaluation and Endoscopic Management. CURRENT OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40136-020-00325-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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