Low Morning Serum Cortisol Levels in Children with Tonsillar Hypertrophy and Moderate-to-Severe OSA | Zendy

Georgia Malakasioti | Zendy; Emmanouel Ι. Alexopoulos | Zendy; Vasiliki Varlami | Zendy; Konstantinos Chaidas | Zendy; Nikolaos Liakos | Zendy; Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis | Zendy; Athanasios G. Kaditis | Zendy

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Low Morning Serum Cortisol Levels in Children with Tonsillar Hypertrophy and Moderate-to-Severe OSA

Author(s) -

Georgia Malakasioti,

Emmanouel Ι. Alexopoulos,

Vasiliki Varlami,

Konstantinos Chaidas,

Nikolaos Liakos,

Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis,

Athanasios G. Kaditis

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.2962

Subject(s) - medicine , morning , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , endocrinology , muscle hypertrophy , tonsillectomy , glucocorticoid , obesity , tonsil , hypopnea , apnea–hypopnea index , apnea , anesthesia , surgery

Hypertrophic tonsillar tissue in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has enhanced expression of glucocorticoid receptors, which may reflect low endogenous cortisol levels. We have evaluated the effect of the interaction between tonsillar hypertrophy and OSA severity on morning serum cortisol levels.

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