A 7-Year-Old Child Was Diagnosed with OSA Due to Tonsillar

question 13

Multiple Choice

A 7-year-old child was diagnosed with OSA due to tonsillar hypertrophy. Although adenotonsillectomy was performed, the child continues having daytime sleepiness and poor school performance. What should the therapist suggest at this time?

• A) Consider uvulectomy.
• B) Administer antireflux medications.
• C) Perform allergy tests to confirm that airway obstruction is due to other clinical condition.
• D) Provide continuous positive airway pressure.

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Definitions:

Hallucinations

Sensory experiences that appear real but are created by the mind, such as seeing, hearing, or feeling something that isn't actually present.

Stimuli

External or internal changes that affect the senses and can elicit a response from an organism.

Anhedonia

A state in which an individual cannot derive pleasure from normally enjoyable activities.

Delusions

False beliefs held with strong conviction, despite superior evidence to the contrary, often observed in psychiatric conditions.