title: Nasal corticosteroids for children with snoring.
abstract: Nasal corticosteroids improve polysomnography indices but not symptoms in children with mild to moderate sleep-disordered breathing. We hypothesized that administration of nasal corticosteroids for 4 weeks to snoring children with only mild elevation in their apnea-hypopnea index would improve both polysomnography findings and symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing. Budesonide 50 mcg per nostril twice daily was administered for 4 weeks to children (2-14 years old) with habitual snoring and an apnea-hypopnea index of 1-10 episodes/hr. Subjects were evaluated before treatment and at 2 weeks and 9 months after its completion. Primary outcome variables were changes in apnea-hypopnea index and symptom score. Twenty-seven children were studied. At 2 weeks, the mean apnea-hypopnea index decreased from 5.2 (+/-2.2) episodes/hr to 3.2 (+/-1.5) episodes/hr, and median oxygen desaturation of hemoglobin index fell from 3.1 (0.4-8.2) to 1.9 (0.2-5.4) (P < 0.0001). Mean symptom score was 1.33 (+/-2.11) at baseline, and decreased to -0.008 (+/-2.24) at 2 weeks after treatment and to -1.08 (+/-1.75) at 9 months after treatment (P < 0.05). Four weeks of nasal budesonide improved both polysomnography findings and symptoms in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing. The clinical effect is maintained for several months after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece.
authors.forename: Emmanouel I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Alexopoulos
authors.forename: Athanasios G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kaditis
authors.forename: Efthimia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalampouka
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kostadima
authors.forename: Nikiforos V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Angelopoulos
authors.forename: Vasiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mikraki
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Skenteris
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gourgoulianis
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019819:Budesonide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D017286:Polysomnography; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012913:Snoring / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D019819:Budesonide