Diagnóstico del tipo de respiración en niños de 4-11 años de la Clínica UCSG.

Abstract

Introduction: There are several techniques to determine and give a diagnosis of the type of breathing that a person presents, clinical and radiographic, based on their airways or obstruction of the nostrils or deviation of the septum. Objective: The present work is based on the proposal to achieve a correct diagnosis and evaluation in the type of respiration to be able to determine or derive to an early treatment in the case that the patient requires it. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 73 patients aged 4 -11 years old from Pediatric and Orthodontic Clinics of Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil University, with clinical and radiographic methods. Results: Glatzel method was 95% condensation; functional method 52 evaluated had nasal breathing and 21 oral; there was a permeability of 7% according MacNamara and 44% on panoramic radiography. With prevalence of oral breathing in the female sex of 57%. Discussion: Patient assessment needed by more than one method to achieve a reliable initial diagnosis. Conclusion: The different methods, achieved a relationship of results both clinical and radiographic to the initial diagnosis of the type of breathing in one patient, where Nasal Breathing predominates with a slight obstruction of the nostrils.