Mandibular Advancement Device as a Comparable Treatment to Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Zendy

Yoshikazu Takaesu | Zendy; Satoru Tsuiki | Zendy; Mina Kobayashi | Zendy; Yoko Komada | Zendy; Hideaki Nakayama | Zendy; Yuichi Inoue | Zendy

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Mandibular Advancement Device as a Comparable Treatment to Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Author(s) -

Yoshikazu Takaesu,

Satoru Tsuiki,

Mina Kobayashi,

Yoko Komada,

Hideaki Nakayama,

Yuichi Inoue

Publication year - 2016

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.6048

Subject(s) - medicine , continuous positive airway pressure , obstructive sleep apnea , supine position , polysomnography , anesthesia , apnea , sleep apnea , body mass index , hypopnea , apnea–hypopnea index , airway

Positional obstructive sleep apnea (P-OSA) is a clinically common phenotype of OSA, which can be treated effectively with mandibular advancement devices (MADs). We hypothesized that the efficacy of an MAD is comparable to that of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) in P-OSA patients.

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