Roentgenographic cephalometry in children with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To elucidate the relationship between different cephalometric measurements and the severity of childhood OSAHS, then analyze the value of cephalometric measurements in predicting the severity of OSAHS in children.@*METHOD@#Sixty-one patients received PSG examination and standard lateral neck roentgenography including cervical trachea. Cephalometric measurements include adenoid size, adenoidal-nasopharyngeal ratio, narrowest posterior airway space of nasopharynx, ratio of the narrowest posterior airway space of nasopharynx and trachea diameter. Statistical analysis was made to study the relationship between the data of Cephalometric measurements and PSG.@*RESULT@#Cephalometric measurements were all associated with AHI and AI (P 0.01).@*CONCLUSION@#PAS/TD is useful and simple in predicting the severity of OSAHS in children, but no use in predicting the severity of arterial oxygen saturation.