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수면정신생리 (19권1호 22-26)
The Clinical Characteristics Between the Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients with the Non-positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
체위성 폐쇄성수면무호흡 환자와 비체위성 폐쇄성수면무호흡환자의 임상적 특징 고찰
Kang, Hyeon-Hui;Kang, Ji-Young;Lee, Sang-Haak;Moon, Hwa-Sik;
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul''s Hospital, The Catholic University College of Medicine;Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul''s Hospital, The Catholic University College of Medicine;Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul''s Hospital, The Catholic University College of Medicine;Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul''s Hospital, The Catholic University College of Medicine;
Objectives: The percentage of positional sleep apnea in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) varies in different reports from 9% to 60%. If there is a positional dependency in patients with OSA, positional therapy alone could be successful in treating about 50% of all OSA cases. The aim of this report is to compare anthropomorphic and polysomnographic data between the positional sleep apnea group and non-positional sleep apnea group with OSA whose conditions were diagnosed in our sleep clinic. Methods: This is a retrospective study of anthropomorphic and polysomnographic data of patients with OSA who was performed a nocturnal polysomnography. Positional sleep apnea was defined as having a supine apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of twice or more compared to the AHI in the non-supine position. The patients were divided in the positional sleep apnea group and the non-positional sleep apnea group. Results: In 101 patients with OSA, 81 were male, and the mean age was
Obstructive sleep apnea;Apnea-hypopnea index;Polysomnography;Sleep position;