PMID: 19128619Jan 9, 2009Paper

Obstructive upper airway problems and primary enuresis nocturna relationship in pediatric patients: reciprocal study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery = Le Journal D'oto-rhino-laryngologie Et De Chirurgie Cervico-faciale
Utku AydilSabri Uslu

Abstract

To determine the relationship between primary enuresis nocturna (PEN) and obstructive upper airway problems (OUAPs). Prospective, descriptive study. Tertiary care academic medical centre. Two groups of patients were included in the study. Newly diagnosed pediatric PEN patients between August 2004 and June 2005 were evaluated for OUAPs in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of our institution and constituted the first group of patients. During the same period, patients who were on the surgery list for upper airway problems were examined for PEN in the Department of Pediatric Psychiatry as the second group. Obtained data were analyzed with regard to patient demographics and the relationship between PEN and OUAPs, and follow-up results are reported. There were 32 patients in each group. In the first group, 5 patients (15.6%) had totally obstructing severe septal deviation, 8 patients (25.0%) had moderate septal deviation, 10 patients (31.3%) had allergic rhinitis and inferior turbinate hypertrophy, 3 patients had adenotonsillar hypertrophy (9.4%), and 1 patient (3.1%) had septal perforation. The frequency of OUAP in PEN patients was 65.6%. In the second group, 10 patients (31.3%) had a PEN diagnosis. After at least 3 months (mea...Continue Reading

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