caa a22 4500 388086238 CHVBK 20180307125230.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199905 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100144172 doi S0022215100144172 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100144172 Role of polysomnography in tracheostomy decannulation in the paediatric patient [Elektronische Daten] Tracheostomy in infants and children has been the subject of controversy in the medical literature, but decannulation in the paediatric patient is even more controversial. Various approaches and techniques have been used for decannulation, however in spite of all efforts it continues to be a problem. The objective of our study was to assess the role of polysomnography (PSG) in predicting readiness for decannulation. All subjects (n = 31) of the study were less than 12 years of age, and tracheostomized for periods of at least six months to ensure a minimum period of dependence on the tube. All had clinical, radiological and endoscopic clearance before PSG was performed. Twenty-one out of 22 patients with favourable PSG data were successfully decannulated. Attempts to decannulate all the nine patients with unfavourable PSG failed. The conclusion of the study was that PSG is a useful adjunct to the many methods of evaluating readiness for decannulation in children with long-term tracheostomy tubes. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Polysomnography nationallicence Tracheostomy nationallicence Child nationallicence Mukherjee Bakul Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Lady Hardinge Medical College and Sucheta Kripalani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India. Bais Arvind Singh Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Lady Hardinge Medical College and Sucheta Kripalani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India. Bajaj Yogesh Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Lady Hardinge Medical College and Sucheta Kripalani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/5(1999-05), 442-445 0022-2151 113:5<442 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144172 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144172 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mukherjee Bakul Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Lady Hardinge Medical College and Sucheta Kripalani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bais Arvind Singh Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Lady Hardinge Medical College and Sucheta Kripalani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bajaj Yogesh Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Lady Hardinge Medical College and Sucheta Kripalani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/5(1999-05), 442-445 0022-2151 113:5<442 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge