Acoustic Pharyngometry Measurement of Minimal Cross-Sectional Airway Area Is a Significant Independent Predictor of Moderate-To-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Zendy

Pamela N. DeYoung | Zendy; Jessie P. Bakker | Zendy; Scott A. Sands | Zendy; Salma BatoolAnwar | Zendy; James G. Connolly | Zendy; James P. Butler | Zendy; Atul Malhotra | Zendy

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Acoustic Pharyngometry Measurement of Minimal Cross-Sectional Airway Area Is a Significant Independent Predictor of Moderate-To-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Author(s) -

Pamela N. DeYoung,

Jessie P. Bakker,

Scott A. Sands,

Salma BatoolAnwar,

James G. Connolly,

James P. Butler,

Atul Malhotra

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.3158

Subject(s) - sleep medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , medicine , medical school , cross sectional study , family medicine , gerontology , sleep disorder , psychiatry , medical education , insomnia , pathology

The current gold-standard method of diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is polysomnography, which can be inefficient. We therefore sought to determine a method to triage patients at risk of OSA, without using subjective data, which are prone to mis-reporting. We hypothesized that acoustic pharyngometry in combination with age, gender, and neck circumference would predict the presence of moderate-to-severe OSA.

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