Abstract:Objective To analyze the clinical significance of changes in blood routine indexes in children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) with adenoid and/or tonsil hypertrophy (ATH), so as to provide certain scientific basis for the assessment of the condition and prognosis of SDB in children. Methods Sixty children diagnosed with SDB (accompanied by ATH) who were hospitalized in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University from October 2023 to August 2024 were selected as the case group, and 60 healthy children who had a physical examination in the hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. The children in the case group underwent adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy, and returned to the hospital for follow-up examination 3 months after the operation.The changes in blood routine indexes were compared between SDB children and healthy children, as well as between SDB children before and after surgery, respectively. Results The differences in the white blood cell count (WBC), neutrophil percentage (N%), lymphocyte percentage (L%), monocyte percentage (MO%), eosinophil percentage (EO%), basophil percentage (BA%), neutrophil count (N#), lymphocyte count (L#), monocyte count (MO#), eosinophil count (EO#), basophil count (BA#), red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red blood cell distribution width (RDW) (including coefficient of variation RDW-CV and standard deviation RDW-SD), platelet count (PLT), and platelet distribution width (PCT) between the case group and the control group were statistically insignificant (P>0.05). The mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), platelet-large cell ratio (P-LCR) in the case group were all higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). In the case group, MPV, PDW, and P-LCR were all positively correlated with age (r=0.322, P<0.05; r=0.376, P<0.05; r=0.349, P<0.05). The differences in WBC, N%, L%, MO%, EO%, BA%, N#, L#, MO#, EO#, BA#, HCT, RDW-CV, PLT, PCT, PDW, and P-LCR between preoperative and postoperative periods of the case group were not statistically significant (P>0.05); postoperative RBC, HGB, MCH, MCHC, and MPV were lower than those before surgery, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05); MCV and RDW-SD were higher than those before surgery, and the differences were also statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Blood routine can serve as a simple and reliable laboratory parameter to assist in assessing the severity of SDB and evaluating the therapeutic effect.