title: [Exploration of screening scores for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility of screening for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) according to OSA-18,physical examination and electronic nasopharyngoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatients with snoring received questionnaire, physical examination and electronic nasopharyngoscopy in Pediatric Sleep Center of Beijing Children's Hospital from 2009.1 to 2009.12. All children were divided into OSAHS or non-OSAHS group based on the results of polysomnography (PSG). The material was compared between these two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The differences of age,tonsil scores, adenoid scores,total OSA-18 sores, the loudness of snoring scores, sleep asthma or suffocation scores, worrying lack of oxygen scores were significant (P < 0.05). And then put them into the logistic equation Y and make ROC analysis, if Y is higher than 0. 735, these children were more likely with OSAHS. The sensitivity was 62.7% and the specificity was 79.4%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is feasible to screen for pediatric OSAHS according to questionnaire, physical examination and electronic nasopharyngoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100045, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhifei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yamnei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009098:Multiphasic Screening / Q000592:standards*; D017286:Polysomnography; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012913:Snoring / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires