ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
The Impact of the Thermal Seasons on Adenoid Size, Its Mucus Coverage and Otitis Media with Effusion: A Cohort Study.
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- Chronic otitis media with effusion in children with adenoidal hypertrophy: Development of a diagnostic prediction model.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Article
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- Otitis media with effusion in preschool children with adenoid hypertrophy: Risk factors and nursing care.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Adenoid facies: a long-term vicious cycle of mouth breathing, adenoid hypertrophy, and atypical craniofacial development.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Impact of Breastfeeding Duration on Adenoid Hypertrophy, Snoring and Acute Otitis Media: A Case-Control Study in Preschool Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Adenoid hypertrophy in children: a narrative review of pathogenesis and clinical relevance.BMJ paediatrics open · 2023Review
- Siblings' Risk of Adenoid Hypertrophy: A Cohort Study in Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- 150th Anniversary of global adenoid investigations: unanswered questions and unsolved problems.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Role of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Changes in Children with Adenoid Hypertrophy: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Evaluation of Adenoid Hypertrophy in Children by Flexible Nasopharyngoscopy Examination (FNE), Proposed Schema of Frequency of Examination: Cohort Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Reply to Kalfert, D. Comment on "Zwierz et al. The Long-Term Effects of 12-Week Intranasal Steroid Therapy on Adenoid Size, Its Mucus Coverage and Otitis Media with Effusion: A Cohort Study in Preschool Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The Long-Term Effects of 12-Week Intranasal Steroid Therapy on Adenoid Size, Its Mucus Coverage and Otitis Media with Effusion: A Cohort Study in Preschool Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- From Physiology to Intervention: Endoscopic Adenoid-to-Choanae Ratio Thresholds for Symptomatic Adenoid Hypertrophy in Preschool Children.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-facialeArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study is to analyze seasonal differences in adenoid size and related mucus levels via endoscopy, as well as to estimate changes in middle ear effusion via tympanometry.
methodsIn 205 children with adenoid hypertrophy, endoscopic choanal assessment, adenoid hypertrophy assessment using the Bolesławska scale, and mucus coverage assessment using the MASNA scale were performed in two different thermal seasons, summer and winter. The study was conducted in two sequences of examination, summer to winter and winter to summer, constituting two separate groups. Additionally, in order to measure changes in middle ear effusion, tympanometry was performed.
resultsOverall, 99 (48.29%) girls and 106 (51.71%) boys, age 2-12 (4.46 ± 1.56) were included in the study. The first group, examined in summer (S/W group), included 100 (48.78%) children, while the group first examined in winter (W/S group) contained 105 (51.22%) children. No significant relationship was observed between the respective degrees of adenoid hypertrophy as measures by the Bolesławska scale between the S/W and W/S groups in winter (
conclusionsThe obtained results indicate that the thermal seasons did not influence the size of the pharyngeal tonsils. The increase and change in mucus coverage of the adenoids and deterioration of middle ear tympanometry in winter may be the cause of seasonal clinical deterioration in children, rather than tonsillar hypertrophy. The MASNA scale was found to be useful for comparing endoscopy results.
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