PREVALENCIA DE TRASTORNOS RESPIRATORIOS DEL SUEÑO EN PACIENTES ASMÁTICOS QUE SE CONTROLAN EN EL HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO. ESTUDIO PILOTO
María Angélica Martínez P.¹, Diana Valbuena O.¹, María Elena Guarda B.², Javiera Kreft V.^2,3, Mónica Saavedra B.^2,3, Carlos Ubilla P.^2,3, María Angélica Palomino M.^2,3.
¹ Becado de Pediatría Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile. Hospital Roberto del Río.
² Pediatra Broncopulmonar, Hospital Roberto del Rio
³ Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.

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Introduction. Asthma is one of the most frequent chronic diseases in children, multiple studies have suggested that in childhood it presents a significant association with sleep-disordered breathing, with a prevalence in asthmatic children of 24%.The objective was to determine the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (RRT) in patients with asthma controlled in a pediatric hospital (6-15 years).

Patients and Methods. Descriptive cross-sectional study. The pediatric sleep questionnaire (PSQ) and the Child Asthma Control Questionnaire (CAN) were applied to the parents of children with controlled asthma diagnoses at Hospital Roberto del Río, by telephone and via e-mail.

Results: The prevalence of RRT was 34.8%. 20% have poor asthma control defined as CAN> 8. 58.1% of parents reported overweight in patients

Conclusions: the prevalence of RRT in the children studied is high and makes it necessary to investigate these symptoms at each visit. Applying the survey in each consultation, online, could contribute to the knowledge of these patients and keep the prevalence of the problem updated, in order to focalized the interventions.

Keywords: Dream; sleep breathing disorders; asthma, PSQ, CAN.