The importance of sleep following ENT surgery.
This study reviewed a group of 48 children following ENT surgery and considered the implications of too little sleep after their operation. All the children had either an adenoidectomy, a tonsillectomy, or an adenotonsillectomy. Their post-operative sleep was timed and their state of nausea was recorded when they awoke. There appeared to be a correlation between the length of undisturbed sleep and the incidence of nausea or vomiting. It is suggested that this result should influence the advice given to parents of the benefits about sleep for their child in the post-operative period.
Derbyshire Children's Hospital.
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Mears
D000233:Adenoidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D013997:Time Factors; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*