A retrospective, single-center study found that obesity and family history were among several potential risk factors for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Several risk factors that could help ...

The relationship between weight status, adenotonsillar hypertrophy and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children has not yet been well studied. As the sleep parameters may show a disparity in ...

The adenoids can cause problems if they become enlarged. Fortunately, they’re not an essential part of the immune system, and they can generally be treated by removing them. Adenoids are a small patch ...

RUDN doctors have discovered genetic and viral causes of a frequent ENT disease in children - adenoid hypertrophy. The results are published in Life. Adenoid hypertrophy (AH), or their overgrowth, is ...

The adenoid is a single clump or pad of lymphatic tissue located in the nasopharyngeal space on the posterior pharyngeal wall about one inch superior to the base of the uvula. Laterally, the adenoid ...

ALTHOUGH upper-airway obstruction of varying degrees is a common phenomenon in children, very few cases of cor pulmonale in association with hypertrophied adenoids or tonsils have been reported. 1–3 ...