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Sleep onset during the multiple sleep latency test was scored by three criteria for 21 patients with narcolepsy and 21 patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a single epoch of stage 1, three consecutive epochs of stage 1, and a single epoch of stage 2 or REM. Mean sleep latency for both groups was predictably shortest using a single epoch of stage 1 and longest using a single epoch of stage 2 or REM. All estimates of sleep latency were highly correlated. It was concluded that a single epoch of any stage of sleep is an appropriate measure of sleep latency for patients with narcolepsy, although a modified scoring system should be developed for patients with sleep apnea. The obstructive apneic episodes prevented or delayed sleep onset on 4.8% to 33.3% of trials depending on the specific criteria used to determine sleep latency. Such apnea-related interruptions to sleep should be taken into account when assessing daytime somnolence in patients with sleep apnea.
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PMID:Determination of sleep latency in polysomnographic evaluations of daytime somnolence in patients with sleep apnea and patients with narcolepsy. 292 26

We describe the reversal of obstructive sleep apnea with a 0.5 L increase in the functional residual capacity (FRC) in a patient with sleep apnea syndrome. The patient had been treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate for 8 months. The increase in FRC was obtained by applying a constant negative extrathoracic pressure (NEP) with a poncho-type respirator. With pulmonary inflation, there was a dramatic decrease in the apnea index and the percent apnea time, and an improvement in sleep architecture. At all sleep stages, the desaturation duration was shorter with NEP. The exact mechanisms by which pulmonary expansion improved sleep apnea in this patient remain unclear; lung volume dependence of upper airway patency and the improvements in apnea-induced desaturation may be contributing factors. Our observation illustrates that lung volumes may be an important factor in the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea, especially in the apnea onset and in the apneic-induced desaturation.
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PMID:Increasing the functional residual capacity may reverse obstructive sleep apnea. 297 20

To describe the affective changes associated with sleep restoration we assessed psychologic symptoms using the Profile of Mood States questionnaire before and two months after treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) in seven men with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The results were compared with those of a control group of patients with OSA who did not receive NCPAP. Two of six mood factors, depression and fatigue, improved significantly following treatment with NCPAP. Total Mood Disturbance (TMD) score was used to assess global mood differences. The mean TMD score for the patients before treatment was 1.7 and during treatment decreased to -7.6 (p less than 0.05). This mean decrease of 9.3 in the TMD score implies generalized improvement in mood. These findings support the opinion that sleep fragmentation and abnormalities of respiration during sleep are at least partially responsible for affective changes seen in sleep apnea. These psychologic disturbances improve after treatment with NCPAP.
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PMID:Neuropsychologic symptoms in obstructive sleep apnea improve after treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure. 305 55

The role of drug therapy in the treatment of the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome is unclear. In a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, we investigated the value of 14-day therapy with protriptyline (20 mg daily) or acetazolamide (250 mg 4 times per day) on symptoms and on the frequency of apneas, hypopneas, arousals, and 4% desaturations in 10 patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome. Overall, protriptyline did not have a significant effect either on symptoms or on any of the above polysomnographic criteria. Acetazolamide reduced the apnea/hypopnea frequency [placebo 50 +/- 26 (SD); acetazolamide 26 +/- 20/h of sleep, p less than 0.03] and tended to decrease the frequency of 4% desaturations (placebo 29 +/- 20; acetazolamide 19 +/- 16/h of sleep, p = 0.06). Despite these physiological improvements, acetazolamide did not significantly improve symptoms and paraesthesiae were common. Contrary to earlier studies, we conclude that protriptyline may have a limited role in the treatment of the sleep apnea syndrome. The reason why acetazolamide produced a physiological, but not a symptomatic, response requires further investigation.
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PMID:Role of protriptyline and acetazolamide in the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome. 306 13

In a sample of 25 adult male subjects with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, the interaction among craniofacial, airway, tongue, and hyoid variables was quantified by means of a canonical correlation analysis. One lateral cephalometric radiograph with the teeth in occlusion was obtained for each subject together with overnight polysomnographic measurements before the initiation of therapy. A principal component analysis reduced the data base and one significant canonical correlation (r1 = 0.994) was identified for the 22 variables. Sleep apnea subjects showed a posteriorly positioned maxilla and mandible, a steep occlusal plane, overerupted maxillary and mandibular teeth, proclined incisors, a steep mandibular plane, a large gonial angle, high upper and lower facial heights, and an anterior open bite in association with a long tongue and a posteriorly placed pharyngeal wall. A multivariate statistical analysis extracted clinically significant associations among craniofacial, tongue, and airway variables. Subjects with sleep apnea demonstrated several alterations in craniofacial form that may reduce the upper airway dimensions and subsequently impair upper airway stability.
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PMID:Facial morphology and obstructive sleep apnea. 309 87

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder that is frequently treated surgically. Few reports in the literature give objective reports of the effect of such treatment on polysomnographic parameters before and after treatment, although symptomatic improvement is common. This article reviews total sleep time (TST) spent in apnea, number of apneic episodes per hour or sleep apnea index (SAI), and oxygen desaturations in such patients treated with tracheostomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPP), and combinations of these. Although improvement is noted in these parameters after UPP, this is not as impressive as some reports in the literature indicate. Our suggested indications for this type of surgery are discussed.
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PMID:Sleep parameters after surgery for obstructive sleep apnea. 310 89

Although patients with obstructive sleep apnea often report falling asleep while driving, the frequency of auto accidents involving these patients has not been rigorously studied. Therefore, we compared the driving records of 29 patients with obstructive sleep apnea with those of 35 subjects without sleep apnea. The patients with sleep apnea had a sevenfold greater rate of automobile accidents than did the subjects without apnea (p less than 0.01). The percentage of persons with one or more accidents was also greater in the patients with apnea than in the control subjects without apnea (31% versus 6%, p less than 0.01). The percentage of persons having one or more accidents in which they were at fault was also greater in the patients with apnea than in the control subjects (24% versus 3%, p less than 0.02). The automobile accident rate of the patients with sleep apnea was 2.6 times the accident rate of all licensed drivers in the state of Virginia (p less than 0.02). In addition, 24% of patients with sleep apnea reported falling asleep at least once per week while driving. We conclude that patients with obstructive sleep apnea have a significantly higher frequency of auto accidents than do subjects without apnea. Impaired drivers with sleep apnea may cause many preventable auto accidents.
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PMID:Automobile accidents involving patients with obstructive sleep apnea. 319 32

A case of the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome revealed reversible leftward displacement of the interventricular septum by echocardiography during sleep. A 46-year-old housewife with congenital micrognathia was admitted to our hospital complaining of severe dyspnea and general edema. On admission, she had severe hypoxemia (PaO2 = 35.2 mmHg), pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure = 70 mmHg) and right heart failure. Her echocardiograms revealed enlargement of the right ventricle with a flattened left ventricle. A sleep study performed after partial resolution of her right heart failure disclosed that severe hypoxemia and pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure = 70 mmHg) occurred after relatively long periods of apnea. With vigorous inspiratory efforts during sleep apnea, transient enlargement of the right ventricle and leftward displacement of the septum causing the flattened left ventricle were observed echocardiographically. A concomitant decrease in left ventricular inflow velocities was also observed by the pulsed Doppler method. However, these findings immediately returned to normal with the resumption of ventilation. We concluded that these repetitive apneic events due to obstruction of the airway during sleep might accelerate complete eventual pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure.
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PMID:[Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with reversible interventricular septal displacement during sleep: a case report]. 322 14

Loss of upper airway muscle tone during sleep has been thought to be responsible for obstructive apnea episodes. To examine the effect of electrical stimulation of the submental region on sleep apnea episodes, patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome were polysomnographically studied during all-night session with and without stimulation.
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PMID:A new treatment for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome by electrical stimulation of submental region. 325 23

In order to examine the effect of sleep position on sleep apnea episodes, seven male patients diagnosed as having obstructive sleep apnea syndrome without any organic complication of the upper airway were studied while lying in a supine or lateral position during an all-night polysomnographic study. Apnea index, apnea time/total sleep time (%) and the number of episodes per hour in which oxyhemoglobin saturation dropped below 85% decreased significantly from 51.0 +/- 8.6 (mean +/- S.D.) events/hr, 40.4 +/- 5.8% and 36.2 +/- 9.8 episodes/hr during sleep in supine position to 27.6 +/- 9.1 events/hr, 19.4 +/- 6.0% and 12.9 +/- 5.3 episodes/hr during sleep in lateral position, respectively. Lowest oxyhemoglobin saturation increased significantly from 70.7 +/- 2.6% to 78.0 +/- 2.4%. Thus, sleep in the lateral position may be a simple treatment before essential treatment for patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
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PMID:Effect of sleep position on obstructive sleep apnea. 326 47


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