PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Otaibi, Tahani
AU  - Al-Qwaiee, Mansour
AU  - Faraidi, Huda
AU  - Batniji, Fatima
AU  - Al-Otaibi, Faisal
AU  - Al-Harbi, Adel
TI  - Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in children with sickle cell disease at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2017.6.19492
DP  - 2017 Jun 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 616--620
VI  - 38
IP  - 6
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/38/6/616.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/38/6/616.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2017 Jun 01; 38
AB  - Objectives: To assess the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Saudi children with sickle cell disease at a tertiary hospital in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using nocturnal polysomnography.Methods: A prospective cross-section study was conducted between 2012 and 2016 in 65 children aged between 2-14 years at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA with sickle cell disease. Patients answered a pediatric sleep questionnaire with the help of an accompanying caregiver and underwent polysomnography in the same night.Results: The final sample included 65 children. Median age was 8.1 years. There were 32 boys (49.2%) and 33 girls (50.8%). Mean hemoglobin was 8.6 (p=0.37) and mean body mass index was 15.6 (p=0.36). The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea was 80% (52 patients) using an apnea hypopnea index cutoff of ≥1 and 7.7% (5 patients) using an apnea hypopnea index cutoff of ≥5. Results from the pediatric sleep questionnaire were snoring (73.8%), apnea (32.8%), and bedwetting (46%).Conclusion: Obstructive sleep apnea is common in children with sickle cell disease.