Tongue peak pressure: a tool to aid in the identification of obstruction sites in patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

Fecha de publicación: 19/11/2019

Autores: Carlos O’Connor-Reina ,Guillermo Plaza, Maria Teresa Garcia-Iriarte , Jose Maria Ignacio-Garcia , Peter Baptista , Juan Carlos Casado-Morente, & Eugenio De Vicente

Abstract: Purpose of this study was to evaluate whether tongue peak pressure measured using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument is correlated with the topographic site of obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome observed during drug-induced sleep endoscopy. Thirty-five consecutive adult patients (29 men, 6 women) were prospectively enrolled after having been diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome by polysomnography. An apnea-hypopnea index > 30 was c

Área de la especialidad: RONQUIDO Y TRASTORNOS RESPIRATORIOS DEL SUEÑO

Datos bibliográficos: O’Connor-Reina, C., Plaza, G., Garcia-Iriarte, M.T. et al. Sleep Breath (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-019-01952-x