Apnea obstructiva del sueño. Hipoxia
- Luis Domínguez Ortega
- S. Cabrera García-Armenter
- Elena Díaz Gállego
- Manuel Serrano Comino
ISSN: 0001-6640
Année de publication: 2013
Volumen: 71
Número: 7
Pages: 189-194
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Acta pediátrica española
Résumé
We present the case of a 17-months-old boy presented with severe alteration in growth and a deficit in psychomotor development, both without any clear etiology, or showing genetic nor intrauterus causes. The first polysomnography study reported a severe obstructive sleep apnea due to hypertrophic tonsil. A tonsillectomy and an adenoidectomy were performed correct the illness. The hypoxemia beginning in the first months of life, results in many negative consequences in physical development, neurocognitive development, behavior, learning capacity, etc., affecting the general development of the child. In severe alterations in growth and psychomotor development in a child, we have to consider hypertrophic adenoid and lingual tonsil. For patients with hypertrophic adenoid and lingual tonsil the physician should order a polysomnography study because it is the main cause of sleep disorders in children.