Can intraoral and facial photos predict obstructive sleep apnea in the general and clinical population?

Study Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate and compare measurements of standardized craniofacial and intraoral photographs between clinical and general population samples, between groups of individuals with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 15 and AHI < 15, and their interaction, as well as the relationship with the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: We used data from 929 participants from Sleep Apnea Global Interdisciplinary Consortium, in which 309 patients from a clinical setting and 620 volunteers from a general population.

Results: AHI ≥ 15 were observed in 30.

Assessment of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Population-Based Study.

Objectives/hypothesis: To evaluate the presence of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and the potential association between presence of LPR symptoms and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a representative sample from a population-based study.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: Participants of the follow-up of the Epidemiological Sleep Study were evaluated.

Proposed management model for the use of telemonitoring of adherence to positive airway pressure equipment - position paper of the Brazilian Association of Sleep Medicine - ABMS.

This document "Proposed management model for the use of telemonitoring to positive airway pressure adherence" was prepared by a special commission of the Brazilian Association of Sleep Medicine, with the objective of recommending a follow-up model for patients undergoing positive airway pressure therapy using telemonitoring. This proposal was prepared based on a survey and analysis of the most up-to-date national and international literature and uses the best available evidence to facilitate the standardization of care by Sleep Science specialists with potential benefit for patients. Among the conclusions of the document, it is emphasized that telemonitoring is an important tool that allows health professionals trained in sleep-disordered breathing to remotely monitor PAP therapy, allowing prompt and, when necessary, daily adjustments to be made in order to increase adherence to treatment.

Immediate impact of pharyngeal surgery on respiratory parameters in adults with obstructive sleep apnea.

Purpose: One of the concerns regarding surgical treatment of the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has been the possibility that these patients may experience a higher rate of perioperative complications, which could be aggravated by the upper airway edema caused by surgical trauma. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the immediate impact of pharyngeal surgery on the respiratory parameters of adult patients with OSAS.

Methods: Twenty-three adults with moderate to severe OSAS and indications for pharyngeal surgery (with or without nasal surgery) were consecutively selected.

Laryngopharyngeal reflux and dysphagia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: is there an association?

Introduction: There is evidence that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) tend to have a high prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and dysphagia. These diseases are known to share the same risk factors and may be interrelated, but there is a lack of studies evaluating their co-occurrence.

Objectives: To evaluate whether the presence of signs and symptoms suggestive of LPR may be associated with the presence of dysphagia in patients with moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), as well as assess the additional impact of these diseases on quality of life in patients with OSA.

New clinical staging for pharyngeal surgery in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Introduction: The success of pharyngeal surgery in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome depends on the appropriate selection of patients.

Objective: To propose a new staging for indication of pharyngeal surgery in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Methods: A total of 54 patients undergoing extended tonsillectomy were retrospectively included, divided into six stages.

The influence of nasal abnormalities in adherence to continuous positive airway pressure device therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Background: The few studies that examine the effect of nasal abnormalities on continuous positive airway pressure device (CPAP) adherence are controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of nasal abnormalities in CPAP adherence.

Methods: We included patients with moderate to severe OSA.

Caudal septoplasty: efficacy of a surgical technique-preliminary report.

Unlabelled: Although not being the most frequent nasal septal deviations, those of the caudal septum account for many complaints. The correction of such defects has always been the subject of much controversy, and several different operative techniques have been described.

Aim: To assess the efficacy of a surgical technique for correcting caudal septal deviations.

Rosai-Dorfman disease in the differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy.

Rosai-Dorfman Disease or Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy (SHML) is a rare benign disease of unknown etiology, which presents with cervical lymphadenopathy. It is usually seen in younger patients. The extranodal form affect various regions of the head and neck, and is more common in patients with immune abnormalities.