The Anesthetic Management of a Pediatric Patient for Drug-induced Sleep Endoscopy (DISE): A Case Report

Drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) is used for directly visualizing sites of obstruction among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Owing to the scarcity of data, there is still no consensus on the anesthetic regimen for conducting pediatric DISE. This paper presents a 5-year-old patient who underwent DISE using an opioid-sparing regimen with dexmedetomidine and propofol infusion. Simultaneous dexmedetomidine and propofol infusion is a promising opioid-sparing regimen for pediatric DISE.