Updated Friedman Staging System for Obstructive Sleep Apnea [0.03%]
obstructive sleep apnea的friedman分期系统更新
Michael Friedman,Anna M Salapatas,Lauren B Bonzelaar
Michael Friedman
In the practice of sleep medicine, the first step is identification of those patients at high risk for sleep apnea. Nearly every physician and every hospital has preferred methods of screening. Many patient questionnaires or surveys as well...
David P White
David P White
The primary pathological event in the disorder obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the partial or complete closure of the pharyngeal airway during sleep in an individual with a widely patent airway during wakefulness. This yields an apnea or h...
David M Johnson,Ryan J Soose
David M Johnson
Numerous studies report that difficulty breathing through the nose is associated with reduced sleep quality, increased daytime dysfunction, and increased risk of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Additionally, chronic nasal obstruc...
Hsin-Ching Lin,Edward M Weaver,Ho-Sheng Lin et al.
Hsin-Ching Lin et al.
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the primary treatment of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA). Most sleep physicians are in agreement that a certain number of OSA patients cannot or will not use CPAP. Although other...
Ofer Jacobowitz
Ofer Jacobowitz
Oral appliances that advance the mandible are widely used as alternatives to positive airway pressure (PAP) devices or as primary therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults. Although PAP is more efficacious at lowering the polysomn...
Song Tar Toh,Pon Poh Hsu
Song Tar Toh
Since the first report of the use of the da Vinci robotic system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) in transoral robotic tongue base reduction for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was published in 2010, this surgical tool and technique h...
Bhik Kotecha
Bhik Kotecha
Sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) consist of a variety of clinical entities, ranging from primary snoring to severe obstructive sleep apnoea at the opposite extreme. Although it has no official definition, minimally invasive surgery ...
Advances in Box Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Genioglossus Advancement, Hyoid Suspension, and Maxillomandibular Advancement [0.03%]
阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的舌骨手术进展：舌骨前移、下颌悬吊和上颌升举术
Yau Hong Goh,Winston Tan,Victor James Abdullah et al.
Yau Hong Goh et al.
Box surgery for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients consists of mandibular surgery, including genioglossus advancement, hyoid suspension, and maxillomandibular advancement, as an airway reconstruction. This surgery was developed in the e...
Advances in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy [0.03%]
药物诱导睡眠内镜在阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停诊断中的应用进展
Madeline J L Ravesloot,Linda Benoist,Peter van Maanen et al.
Madeline J L Ravesloot et al.
Drug-induced sleep endoscopy was introduced in 1991 and has recently evolved into a pivotal instrument for patients in whom obstructive sleep apnea surgery is considered. Here, we discuss the indications, contraindications, technique, anest...
J Ulrich Sommer,Karl Hörmann
J Ulrich Sommer
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as a multifactorial disease is treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as the gold standard. Yet, if patients suffer from CPAP incompliance, traditional OSA surgery only targets morphological ch...