KBB-Forum 2019 , Cilt 18, Sayı 2

ERITROPOIETIN, HEMATOCRIT LEVELS AND RED BLOOD CELL COUNTS IN PEDIATRIC OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

Ahmet KARA 1, MD; Bilgehan ÇELİK 1, MD; Mahmut Sinan YILMAZ 1, MD; Deniz DEMİR 1, MD; Havva Kaplan SAYHAN 2, MD; Mehmet GÜVEN 1, MD;
1Sakarya Üniversitesi, KBB ABD, Sakarya, Turkey
2Van Yüzüncü Yıl Universitesi, Anestezi ve Reanimasyon, Van, Turkey Objective: We aimed to identify a biochemical marker which can be important for obstructive pathologies creating an important indication for adenotonsillectomy.

Material and Methods: A total of 35 patients who had adenotonsillectomy operation with the diagnosis of obstructive adenotonsillar hypertrophy were compared with 35 control patients who had various surgeries for different reasons in terms of blood erythropoietin, hematocrit level and red blood cell count.

Results: While mean of erythropoietin values of the study group was 9.46±4.2 mU/ml, this value was found to be 8.92±3.6 mU/ml in the control group. Hematocrit levels and erythrocyte counts of the patients in the study and control groups were very close to each other. It was seen that the differences were not statistically significant when the groups were compared via independent samples T-test.

Conclusion and Significance: Even though it is not statistically significant, we believe that higher level of erythropoietin in the study group compared to the control group requires similar studies to be conducted on this subject with groups including larger number of patients and by creating sub-groups. Keywords : Sleep apnea, Erythropoietin, hematocrit, pediatric