TY - JOUR
T1 - Adenoids and clinical symptoms
T2 - Epidemiology of a cohort of 795 pediatric patients
AU - Pagella, Fabio
AU - De Amici, Mara
AU - Pusateri, Alessandro
AU - Tinelli, Guido
AU - Matti, Elina
AU - Benazzo, Marco
AU - Licari, Amelia
AU - Nigrisoli, Sabrina
AU - Quaglini, Silvana
AU - Ciprandi, Giorgio
AU - Marseglia, Gian Luigi
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Objective: Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is very common in children and can cause airway obstruction. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the relationship between AH and other factors, including age, possible related symptoms, and allergies. Methods: Seven hundred and ninety-five patients (460 males, 335 females; mean age. =. 5.9 years; range age: 1-14 years) were seen in an ENT clinic for nasal symptoms. Nasal endoscopy was performed with a pediatric flexible endoscope. One hundred and sixty-nine patients had documented allergy sensitization. Patients were divided into two groups according to their age: group 1 included children aged 1-7 years, and group 2 included subjects aged 8-14 years. Results: Adenoid size was related to age (p
AB - Objective: Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is very common in children and can cause airway obstruction. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the relationship between AH and other factors, including age, possible related symptoms, and allergies. Methods: Seven hundred and ninety-five patients (460 males, 335 females; mean age. =. 5.9 years; range age: 1-14 years) were seen in an ENT clinic for nasal symptoms. Nasal endoscopy was performed with a pediatric flexible endoscope. One hundred and sixty-nine patients had documented allergy sensitization. Patients were divided into two groups according to their age: group 1 included children aged 1-7 years, and group 2 included subjects aged 8-14 years. Results: Adenoid size was related to age (p
KW - Adenoids
KW - Allergic rhinitis
KW - Children
KW - Nasal endoscopy
KW - Nasal obstruction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.09.035
DO - 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.09.035
M3 - Article
C2 - 26478108
AN - SCOPUS:84955189455
SN - 0165-5876
VL - 79
SP - 2137
EP - 2141
JO - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
JF - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
IS - 12
ER -