title: Nutritional evaluation in surgical treatment of children with hypertrophic tonsils and or adenoids.
abstract: Eighty seven children, between 2 and 10 years of age were studied. Twenty four had adenotonsillar hypertrophy and underwent surgery (Group I). Fifteen had adenoidal hypertrophy and underwent surgery (Group II). Thirty three had adenotonsillar hypertrophy and not undergo surgery (Group III), and 15 had adenoidal hypertrophy and did not have surgery (Group IV). ENT examination and fiberoptic examination of the adenoids were performed. Height and weight were measured at 2 points, 4 months apart. The heights and weights were marked on the National Center for Health Statistics Percentiles (NCHS) percentiles and the children were classified by Jelliffe's criterions. The results showed children were generally not underweight before surgery (8.8% of the adenotonsillar hypertrophy and 10% of the adenoidal hypertrophy were underweight). In Group I there was a significant increase in growth 4 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Federal University of São Paulo, R dos Otonis 674, V Clementino, 04025-001 São Paulo, Brazil. orlped@epm.br
authors.forename: Ana Paula Fiuza Funicello
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dualibi
authors.forename: Shirley Shizue Nagata
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Pignatari
authors.forename: Luc Louis Maurice
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Weckx
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D000886:Anthropometry; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone