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Clinical characteristics of upper airway resistance syndrome
Author(s) -
Watanabe Takuya,
Mikami Akira,
Taniguchi Mitsutaka,
Motonishi Masamichi,
Honda Hideharu,
Kyotani Kyoko,
Uruha Shigehiko,
Terashima Kiyoji,
Teshima Yoshio,
Egawa Isao,
Sugita Yoshiro,
Takeda Masatoshi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00554.x
Subject(s) - epworth sleepiness scale , multiple sleep latency test , continuous positive airway pressure , medicine , anesthesia , airway , excessive daytime sleepiness , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep disorder , apnea , polysomnography , insomnia , psychiatry
Polysomnographic findings and clinical symptoms were investigated in 14 cases of upper airway resistance syndrome. The mean scores of the Epworth sleepiness scale and self‐rating depression scale in eight cases were 13.5 and 38.6, respectively. The mean sleep latency of the multiple sleep latency test in four cases was 10.2 min. Seven cases were treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and one with hormone replacement therapy. The most common symptom was daytime sleepiness. Five cases had hypertension. CPAP reduced increasing negative esophageal pressure (Pes) and frequency of EEG arousals, and improved hypertension in one case. Hormone replacement therapy ameliorated increasing negative Pes and clinical symptoms.