Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Krzysztof Powajbo.
The most common sleep disorder in children is obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The majority of children with OSAS improve following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Diagnosis of OSAS in children and adults has difference in criteria if disease and clinical picture.
The authors present results of retrospective clinical analysis of usefulness the cefuroxime therapy of acute ENT diseases in children. The study group consist of 886 patients, aged 4 m. to 17 year, hospitalized at the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology between 1997-2002. The efficacy of therapy was estimated on the ground of 4 degree scale. Particular attention was paid on measuring an average time of intravenous and oral administration of drug and on side effects of treatment. The results of the study shown that cefuroxime therapy is safe and effective. Beneficial therapeutic effect was obtained in 98.9% of patients.