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Pulmonary hypertension evaluation by Doppler echocardiogram in children and adolescents with mouth breathing syndrome

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 83; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.03.020

ISSN

1808-8694

Autores

Marcela Silva Lima, Carolina Maria Fontes Ferreira Nader, Letícia Paiva Franco, Zilda Maria Alves Meira, Flávio Diniz Capanema, Roberto Eustáquio Santos Guimarães, Helena Maria Gonçalves Becker,

Tópico(s)

Tracheal and airway disorders

Resumo

Adenotonsillar hyperplasia (ATH) and allergic rhinitis (AR) are the most common causes of upper airway obstruction in children. Such diseases, by affecting the upper airways, can cause chronic alveolar hypoventilation, pulmonary vasoconstriction and pulmonary hypertension, which in some cases, are irreversible.

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