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Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are separate procedures that should be performed for distinct reasons. Studies now indicate that severe, recurrent pharyngitis responds well to tonsillectomy. According to separate recommendations from the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, patients are candidates for tonsillectomy if they have four or more episodes of pharyngitis a year. Recurrent otitis media and chronic otitis media are improved by adenoidectomy, although placement of pressure-equalizing tubes remains the preferred initial treatment for these conditions. Adenotonsillectomy improves severe upper airway obstruction (cor pulmonale and obstructive sleep apnea), as well as milder forms of airway obstruction (loud snoring). The effectiveness of these procedures in proposed indications, such as sinusitis and adenoiditis, is less well substantiated.
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PMID:Indications for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. 195 Sep 61

Among 145 patients treated with recombinant human growth hormone (GH), four developed sleep apnea (two obstructive, two mixed) associated with tonsillar and adenoidal hypertrophy in three. These four patients had no local risk factors predisposing to upper airway obstruction (i.e., frequent pharyngitis or sinusitis). Clinical and/or polysomnographic features of sleep apnea improved following cessation of GH therapy in one patient, and following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in all patients. The present observations indicate that, albeit rarely, obstructive and/or central sleep apnea may occur in children treated with GH. Polysomnography should be considered if symptoms of snoring, interrupted sleep, daytime somnolence-particularly if associated with tonsillar hypertrophy-appear in children during GH therapy.
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PMID:Sleep apnea in patients receiving growth hormone. 919 30

Recent advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of pharyngitis and reflux laryngitis have changed the treatments for these disorders. New diagnostic and treatment strategies for head and neck lymphadenopathy, snoring, and sleep apnea are discussed, as well as the changing indications for tonsillectomy and uvulopalatoplasty.
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PMID:Throat disorders. 967 27

Various diseases of the upper airway, such as acute or chronic sinusitis, otitis media, pharyngitis or laryngitis, snoring and sleep apnea syndrom, may be associated with allergic rhinitis. The relationship between these pathologies and the allergic rhinitis has been well established from a clinical and epidemiological point of view, but the pathophysiological mechanisms remain uncertain. A good knowledge of symptoms and the performance of explorations, such as nasal endoscopy for sinusitis, are important in order to take care of these associated diseases. When upper airway diseases are associated with allergic rhinitis, treatment of rhinitis must generally be reinforced. Treament of associated disease will be specific to each disease, and sometimes surgery is required, specially in case of chronic sinusitis. In all cases, the pneumologist, allergologist and ENT physician should work in close collaboration.
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PMID:[ENT diseases associated with allergic rhinitis: a review of the literature]. 1086 2

An 8-year-old female with pancreatic-insufficiency cystic fibrosis presented with recurrent pharyngitis, and reduction in body mass index and height velocity during the previous 2 years. Her symptoms (eg, snoring and restless sleep) suggested obstructive sleep apnea, and physical examination revealed tonsillar hypertrophy. While her respiratory disturbance index on nocturnal polysomnography was normal, there was evidence of prolonged periods of snoring, associated with hypercapnia. Adenotonsillectomy decreased the snoring, improved her sleep, and in the 18-month follow-up period she had substantial weight-gain and growth improvement. This case demonstrates that adenotonsillar hypertrophy associated with recurrent pharyngitis and primary snoring might hinder growth in a patient with cystic fibrosis.
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PMID:Primary snoring and growth failure in a patient with cystic fibrosis. 1996 40