Does allergic rhinitis worsen sleep apnea in children with tonsil and adenoid enlargement?

• Grant number: 13/21944-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Renata Cantisani Di Francesco
• Grantee: Jéssica Alvares de Moura
• Host Institution: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Allergic rhinitis and sleep disorders such as the obstructive sleep apnea are conditions very prevalent in childhood. This retrospective study aims to establish a possible relationship between the worsening of obstructive sleep apnea due to the presence of allergic rhinitis. For that, medical records of children with obstructive adenoamiddaliana sleep and respiratory distress treated at the Hospital of the Faculty of the Medicine University of São Paulo will be analyzed. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DI FRANCESCO, RENATA C.; ALVAREZ, JESSICA. Allergic rhinitis affects the duration of rapid eye movement sleep in children with sleep-disordered breathing without sleep apnea. INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF ALLERGY & RHINOLOGY, v. 6, n. 5, p. 465-471, MAY 2016. (13/21944-7)