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Chan TG, Plageman J, Yu JL. The Repeatability of Pharyngeal Opening Pressure Under Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024. [PMID: 38606621 DOI: 10.1002/ohn.730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Pharyngeal opening pressure (PhOP) is a measure of upper airway collapsibility that can be obtained during drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration. However, the stability of PhOP over the course of sedation during DISE remains unclear. This study aims to compare repeat measures of PhOP over the course of DISE. STUDY DESIGN Single arm prospective study. SETTING Single tertiary care institution. METHODS Patients had 2 CPAP titrations while undergoing DISE. Collected data included patient demographics, PhOP, patient sedation index (PSI), and duration of and between CPAP titrations. t Tests, test-retest coefficient analysis, and repeated measures correlation were performed. RESULTS Twenty-five patients completed the study between 2022 and 2023 with 22 patients having sedation depth (PSI) recording. Most were male (76%), obese (average body mass index: 30.24 kg/m2), with severe obstructive sleep apnea (average apnea-hypopnea index: 39.8 events/hr). Test-retest analysis showed good-excellent correlation between PhOP values (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.892, P < .0001, n = 25). Average time between CPAP titrations was 15 minutes to 6 seconds. Over that time, PhOP increased by an average of 0.72 cmH2O (P = .06, n = 25) and PSI decreased by 9.5 units (P = .01, n = 22). Repeated measures correlation showed a weak negative correlation between PhOP and PSI (r = -.45, P = .03, n = 22). CONCLUSION The results showed repeatability of PhOP values over the course of DISE. When adjusted for sedation depth (PSI), deeper sedation was weakly associated with greater PHOP. However, the magnitude of this change was small and we conclude that PhOP remains relatively stable over the course of DISE (Effects of Lung Volume on Upper Airway Patency During DISE [DISE-Pulm], NCT05350332, clinicaltrials.gov).
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- Tyler G Chan
- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Sebastian A, Cistulli PA, Cohen G, de Chazal P. Unsupervised Approach for the Identification of the Predominant Site of Upper Airway Collapse in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Patients Using Snore Signals. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2021; 2021:160-163. [PMID: 34891262 DOI: 10.1109/embc46164.2021.9630095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Knowledge regarding the site-of-collapse in the upper airway in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has implications for treatment options and their outcomes. However, current methods to identify the site-of-collapse are not suitable for clinical practice due to the invasive nature, the time/cost of the tests and the inconsistency of the obstruction site identified with natural and drug-induced sleep. In this study, we adopted an unsupervised algorithm to identify the predominant site-of-collapse of the upper airway during natural sleep using nocturnal audio recordings. Nocturnal audio was recorded together with full-night polysomnography using a ceiling microphone. Various acoustic features of the snore signal during hypopnoea events were extracted. We developed a feature selection algorithm combining silhouette analysis with the Laplacian score algorithm to select the high performing features. A k-means clustering model was developed to form clusters using the features extracted from snore data and analyse the correlation between the clusters generated and the predominant site-of-collapse. Cluster analysis showed that the data tends to fit well in two clusters with a mean silhouette coefficient of 0.79 and with an accuracy of 68% for classifying tongue/non-tongue collapse. The results indicate a correlation between snoring and the predominant site-of-collapse. Therefore, it could potentially be used as a practical, non-invasive, low-cost diagnosis tool for improving the selection of appropriate therapy for OSA patients without any additional burden to the patients undergoing a sleep test.
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Sebastian A, Cistulli PA, Cohen G, de Chazal P. Association of Snoring Characteristics with Predominant Site of Collapse of Upper Airway in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Patients. Sleep 2021; 44:6322655. [PMID: 34270768 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsab176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Acoustic analysis of isolated events and snoring by previous researchers suggests a correlation between individual acoustic features and individual site of collapse events. In this study, we hypothesised that multi-parameter evaluation of snore sounds during natural sleep would provide a robust prediction of the predominant site of airway collapse. METHODS The audio signals of 58 OSA patients were recorded simultaneously with full night polysomnography. The site of collapse was determined by manual analysis of the shape of the airflow signal during hypopnoea events and corresponding audio signal segments containing snore were manually extracted and processed. Machine learning algorithms were developed to automatically annotate the site of collapse of each hypopnoea event into three classes (lateral wall, palate and tongue-base). The predominant site of collapse for a sleep period was determined from the individual hypopnoea annotations and compared to the manually determined annotations. This was a retrospective study that used cross-validation to estimate performance. RESULTS Cluster analysis showed that the data fits well in two clusters with a mean silhouette coefficient of 0.79 and an accuracy of 68% for classifying tongue/non-tongue collapse. A classification model using linear discriminants achieved an overall accuracy of 81% for discriminating tongue/non-tongue predominant site of collapse and accuracy of 64% for all site of collapse classes. CONCLUSIONS Our results reveal that the snore signal during hypopnoea can provide information regarding the predominant site of collapse in the upper airway. Therefore, the audio signal recorded during sleep could potentially be used as a new tool in identifying the predominant site of collapse and consequently improving the treatment selection and outcome.
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- Arun Sebastian
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Sleep Investigation Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Sleep Investigation Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Qian K, Janott C, Schmitt M, Zhang Z, Heiser C, Hemmert W, Yamamoto Y, Schuller BW. Can Machine Learning Assist Locating the Excitation of Snore Sound? A Review. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2021; 25:1233-1246. [PMID: 32750978 DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2020.3012666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In the past three decades, snoring (affecting more than 30 % adults of the UK population) has been increasingly studied in the transdisciplinary research community involving medicine and engineering. Early work demonstrated that, the snore sound can carry important information about the status of the upper airway, which facilitates the development of non-invasive acoustic based approaches for diagnosing and screening of obstructive sleep apnoea and other sleep disorders. Nonetheless, there are more demands from clinical practice on finding methods to localise the snore sound's excitation rather than only detecting sleep disorders. In order to further the relevant studies and attract more attention, we provide a comprehensive review on the state-of-the-art techniques from machine learning to automatically classify snore sounds. First, we introduce the background and definition of the problem. Second, we illustrate the current work in detail and explain potential applications. Finally, we discuss the limitations and challenges in the snore sound classification task. Overall, our review provides a comprehensive guidance for researchers to contribute to this area.
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Tuncer T, Akbal E, Dogan S. An automated snoring sound classification method based on local dual octal pattern and iterative hybrid feature selector. Biomed Signal Process Control 2021; 63:102173. [PMID: 32922509 PMCID: PMC7476581 DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In this research, a novel snoring sound classification (SSC) method is presented by proposing a new feature generation function to yield a high classification rate. The proposed feature extractor is named as Local Dual Octal Pattern (LDOP). A novel LDOP based SSC method is presented to solve the low success rate problems for Munich-Passau Snore Sound Corpus (MPSSC) dataset. Multilevel discrete wavelet transform (DWT) decomposition and the LDOP based feature generation, informative features selection with ReliefF and iterative neighborhood component analysis (RFINCA), and classification using k nearest neighbors (kNN) are fundamental phases of the proposed SSC method. Seven leveled DWT transform, and LDOP are used together to generate low, medium, and high levels features. This feature generation network extracts 4096 features in total. RFINCA selects 95 the most discriminative and informative ones of these 4096 features. In the classification phase, kNN with leave one out cross-validation (LOOCV) is used. 95.53% classification accuracy and 94.65% unweighted average recall (UAR) have been achieved using this method. The proposed LDOP based SSC method reaches 22% better result than the best of the other state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning-based methods. These results clearly denote the success of the proposed SSC method.
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- Turker Tuncer
- Department of Digital Forensics Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Digital Forensics Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Digital Forensics Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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Sebastian A, Cistulli PA, Cohen G, de Chazal P. Automated identification of the predominant site of upper airway collapse in obstructive sleep apnoea patients using snore signal. Physiol Meas 2020; 41:095005. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/abaa33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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De Vito A, Carrasco Llatas M, Ravesloot MJ, Kotecha B, De Vries N, Hamans E, Maurer J, Bosi M, Blumen M, Heiser C, Herzog M, Montevecchi F, Corso RM, Braghiroli A, Gobbi R, Vroegop A, Vonk PE, Hohenhorst W, Piccin O, Sorrenti G, Vanderveken OM, Vicini C. European position paper on drug-induced sleep endoscopy: 2017 Update. Clin Otolaryngol 2018; 43:1541-1552. [PMID: 30133943 DOI: 10.1111/coa.13213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The first edition of the European position paper (EPP) on drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) was published in 2014 with the aim to standardise the procedure, to provide an in-depth insight into the main aspects of this technique and to have a basis for future research. Since 2014, new studies have been published concerning new sedative agents or new insights into the pattern/levels of the obstruction depending on the depth of sedation. Therefore, an enlarged group of European experts in the field of sleep breathing disorders (SBD), including the most of the first DISE EPP main authors, has decided to publish an update of the European position paper on DISE, in order to include new evidence and to find a common language useful for reporting the findings of this endoscopic evaluation in adult population affected by SBD. METHODS The authors have evaluated all the available evidence reported in the literature and have compared experience among various departments in leading European centres in order to provide an update regarding the standardisation of the DISE procedure and an in-depth insight into the main aspects of this technique. RESULTS After the first European Position Consensus Meeting on DISE and its update, consensus was confirmed for indications, required preliminary examinations, where to perform DISE, technical equipment required, staffing, local anaesthesia, nasal decongestion, other medications, patient positioning, basics and special diagnostic manoeuvres, drugs and observation windows. So far, no consensus could be reached on a scoring and classification system. However, regarding this aim, the idea of an essential classification, such as VOTE with the possibility of its graded implementation of information and descriptions, seems to be the best way to reach a universal consensus on DISE classification at this stage. A common DISE language is mandatory, and attempts to come to a generally accepted system should be pursued.
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- Andrea De Vito
- Head and Neck Department, ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.,ENT Unit, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna AUSL of Romagna, Romagna, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Medisch Centrum Jan van Goyen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital, UCLH, London, UK
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- Department of Otolaryngology, OLVG Hospital and ACTA, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Multidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Center, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Oral Kinesiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry, MOVE Inst., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Jan Palfijn Hospital, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA), Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Medicine Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Pulmonary Operative Unit, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, AUSL of Romagna, Forlì, Italy
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- Service ORL, Hopital Foch, Suresnes France and Centre Medical Veille Sommeil, Paris, France
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Carl Thiem Klinikum, Cottbus, Germany
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- Head and Neck Department, ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, AUSL of Romagna, Forlì, Italy
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- Sleep Lab. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Dept. Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, SPA SB, IRCCS, Veruno, Italy
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- Head and Neck Department, ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp- Department ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital - Multidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Centre, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Head and Neck Department, AUSL of Romagna, ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.,ENT Unit, Infermi Hospital, AUSL of Romagna, Faenza, Italy.,ENT Unit, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy.,AUSL of Romagna, Romagna, Italy.,ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Koo SK, Kwon SB, Moon JS, Lee SH, Lee HB, Lee SJ. Comparison of snoring sounds between natural and drug-induced sleep recorded using a smartphone. Auris Nasus Larynx 2018; 45:777-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Xi J, Wang Z, Talaat K, Glide-Hurst C, Dong H. Numerical study of dynamic glottis and tidal breathing on respiratory sounds in a human upper airway model. Sleep Breath 2017; 22:463-479. [PMID: 29101633 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-017-1588-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human snores are caused by vibrating anatomical structures in the upper airway. The glottis is a highly variable structure and a critical organ regulating inhaled flows. However, the effects of the glottis motion on airflow and breathing sound are not well understood, while static glottises have been implemented in most previous in silico studies. The objective of this study is to develop a computational acoustic model of human airways with a dynamic glottis and quantify the effects of glottis motion and tidal breathing on airflow and sound generation. METHODS Large eddy simulation and FW-H models were adopted to compute airflows and respiratory sounds in an image-based mouth-lung model. User-defined functions were developed that governed the glottis kinematics. Varying breathing scenarios (static vs. dynamic glottis; constant vs. sinusoidal inhalations) were simulated to understand the effects of glottis motion and inhalation pattern on sound generation. Pressure distributions were measured in airway casts with different glottal openings for model validation purpose. RESULTS Significant flow fluctuations were predicted in the upper airways at peak inhalation rates or during glottal constriction. The inhalation speed through the glottis was the predominating factor in the sound generation while the transient effects were less important. For all frequencies considered (20-2500 Hz), the static glottis substantially underestimated the intensity of the generated sounds, which was most pronounced in the range of 100-500 Hz. Adopting an equivalent steady flow rather than a tidal breathing further underestimated the sound intensity. An increase of 25 dB in average was observed for the life condition (sine-dynamic) compared to the idealized condition (constant-rigid) for the broadband frequencies, with the largest increase of approximately 40 dB at the frequency around 250 Hz. CONCLUSION Results show that a severely narrowing glottis during inhalation, as well as flow fluctuations in the downstream trachea, can generate audible sound levels.
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- Jinxiang Xi
- Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, California Baptist University, 432 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA, 92504, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, California Baptist University, 432 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA, 92504, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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da Cunha Viana A, Mendes DL, de Andrade Lemes LN, Thuler LCS, Neves DD, de Araújo-Melo MH. Drug-induced sleep endoscopy in the obstructive sleep apnea: comparison between NOHL and VOTE classifications. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016; 274:627-635. [PMID: 27164944 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-016-4081-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by recurrent episodes of partial or complete collapse of the pharynx that result in a decrease in oxyhemoglobin saturation. Nasofibrolaryngoscopy under induced sleep is a promising alternative for identifying sites of upper airway obstruction in patients with OSA. This study aimed to compare the obstruction sites screened by drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) using the Nose oropharynx hypopharynx and larynx (NOHL) and Velum oropharynx tongue base epiglottis (VOTE) classifications. We also determined the relationship between OSA severity and the number of obstruction sites and compared the minimum SaO2 levels between DISE and polysomnography (PSG). This was a prospective study in 45 patients with moderate and severe OSA using DISE with target-controlled infusion of propofol bispectral index (BIS) monitoring. The retropalatal region was the most frequent obstruction site, followed by the retrolingual region. Forty-two percent of patients had obstruction in the epiglottis. Concentrically shaped obstructions were more prevalent in both ratings. The relationship between OSA severity and number of obstruction sites was significant for the VOTE classification. Similar minimum SaO2 values were observed in DISE and PSG. The VOTE classification was more comprehensive in the analysis of the epiglottis and pharynx by DISE and the relationship between OSA severity and number of affected sites was also established by VOTE. The use of BIS associated with DISE is a reliable tool for the assessment of OSA patients.
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- Alonço da Cunha Viana
- Graduate Program of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Otorhinolaryngology Department, Marcílio Dias Naval Hospital, Cezar Zania,138, Lins de Vasconcelos, Rio de Janeiro, 20725-090, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Marcílio Dias Naval Hospital, Cezar Zania,138, Lins de Vasconcelos, Rio de Janeiro, 20725-090, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Graduate Program of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Clinical Research Coordination at the National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Graduate Program of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Cardiopulmonary Department, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Graduate Program of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Otorhinolaryngology Department, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Xu HJ, Jia RF, Yu H, Gao Z, Huang WN, Peng H, Yang Y, Zhang L. Investigation of the Source of Snoring Sound by Drug-Induced Sleep Nasendoscopy. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2015; 77:359-65. [PMID: 26460924 DOI: 10.1159/000439597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the source of snoring sound in patients with simple snoring (SS) and different degrees of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in order to provide a basis for the surgical treatment of snoring. METHODS Fifty-two patients with either SS or OSAS (with an apnea-hypopnea index ≤40) underwent drug-induced sleep nasendoscopy (DISN). Vibration sites in the pharyngeal cavity were observed. RESULTS Vibration of the soft palate, pharyngeal lateral wall, epiglottis, and tongue base appeared in 100, 53.8, 42.3, and 26.9% of the patients, respectively. The source of snoring sound was divided into two types: palatal fluttering only (type I) and multisite vibration (type II). The latter was divided into 3 subtypes: palatal fluttering with epiglottis vibration (type IIa), palatal fluttering with lateral wall vibration (type IIb), and palatal fluttering with vibration of the lateral wall, epiglottis, and tongue base together (type IIc). The distribution of type I snoring was the highest in SS patients. Type IIb was more common in patients with medium and severe OSAS. Type IIc was most common in patients with severe OSAS. CONCLUSION The source of snoring sound is diverse, with SS and OSAS patients showing different features. DISN is a very effective method of identifying the snoring source.
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- Hui-Jie Xu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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Herzog M, Plößl S, Glien A, Herzog B, Rohrmeier C, Kühnel T, Plontke S, Kellner P. Evaluation of acoustic characteristics of snoring sounds obtained during drug-induced sleep endoscopy. Sleep Breath 2014; 19:1011-9. [PMID: 25427818 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-014-1085-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Snoring sounds are discussed to contain acoustic information about their geneses. Nocturnal snoring can easily be recorded acoustically but it is difficult to visually verify its genesis. Contrary, snoring patterns induced by drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) can be visually differentiated. The aim of the study was to classify patterns of obstructions and vibration during DISE and to evaluate acoustic characteristics between these different patterns of snoring. METHODS DISE was performed in 41 male patients with sleep-disordered breathing. The recorded video sequences (n = 108) were classified visually at a mute mode in different patterns of snoring (velar, velar obstructive, tonsillar, post-apnoeic). The sound tracks of these subgroups were analysed and compared with regard to the parameters sound pressure level, loudness, sharpness, roughness, fluctuations strength and centre frequency. RESULTS Obstructive snoring patterns revealed a higher loudness than non-obstructive patterns (>25 sone). Velar snoring showed more roughness (>150 cAsper) than tonsillar and post-apnoeic snoring and revealed the lowest centre frequency (<3000 Hz) of all patterns. Tonsillar snoring presented the highest sharpness (>1.6 acum) whereas post-apnoeic snoring revealed the largest fluctuation strength (>50 cVacil). CONCLUSION Different snoring patterns induced by DISE can be classified visually, and an approach to differentiate them acoustically by means of psychoacoustic analyses is demonstrated. On the basis of these results, nocturnal snoring might also be differentiated by psychoacoustic algorithms which could be implemented in acoustic polygraphic screening devices in the future.
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- Michael Herzog
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 01620, Halle (Saale), Germany,
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Huo H, Li W, Tian X, Xu C, Wang J, Yang D. Endoscopic upper airway evaluation in obstructive sleep apnea: Mueller’s maneuver versus simulation of snoring. Sleep Breath 2015; 19:661-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s11325-014-1073-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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De Vito A, Carrasco Llatas M, Vanni A, Bosi M, Braghiroli A, Campanini A, de Vries N, Hamans E, Hohenhorst W, Kotecha BT, Maurer J, Montevecchi F, Piccin O, Sorrenti G, Vanderveken OM, Vicini C. European position paper on drug-induced sedation endoscopy (DISE). Sleep Breath 2014; 18:453-65. [PMID: 24859484 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-014-0989-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although drug-induced sedation endoscopy (DISE) represents the most widespread diagnostic tool for upper airway endoscopic evaluation of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), many controversies exist about how to perform the sedation, the indications for DISE, and how to report DISE findings. The present position paper reports on a consensus as proposed by a group of European experts in the field of DISE after discussion during a recent dedicated meeting. METHODS The authors have evaluated all the available evidence reported in the literature and have compared experience among various departments in leading European centers in order to provide a standardization of the DISE procedure and an in-depth insight in the main aspects of this technique. RESULTS A proposal of the DISE procedure standardization has been achieved with a general agreement concerning the terminology, indications, contraindications, required preliminary examinations, setting, technical equipment required, staffing, local anesthesia and nasal decongestion, patient positioning, basis and special diagnostic maneuvers, and the applied sedation drugs and observation windows. Otherwise, no consensus has been reached on a scoring and classification system. CONCLUSIONS Although consensus has been reached on several aspects of the DISE procedure, some topics remain open to future research, such as a better analysis of the importance of positional aspects during DISE and a further comparison of the differences in degree, level and pattern of upper airway collapse observed during DISE versus during natural sleep and awake endoscopy. Finally, a universally accepted scoring and classification system is lacking.
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- Andrea De Vito
- Special Surgery Department, Ear-Nose-Throat Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Via Forlanini 34, 47121, Forlì, Italy
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Carrasco Llatas M, Dalmau Galofre J, Zerpa Zerpa V, Marcano Acuña M, Mompó Romero L. Drug-induced Sleep Videoendoscopy: Clinical Usefulness and Literature Review. Acta Otorrinolaringologica (English Edition) 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otoeng.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Carrasco Llatas M, Dalmau Galofre J, Zerpa Zerpa V, Marcano Acuña M, Mompó Romero L. [Drug-induced sleep videoendoscopy: clinical usefulness and literature review]. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 2014; 65:183-90. [PMID: 24094447 DOI: 10.1016/j.otorri.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fiberoptic examination of the pharynx under drug-induced sleep is a test that helps to detect the areas of vibration and collapse in patients with sleep-disordered breathing. This article is a review of the available literature on the subject, aimed at helping otolaryngologists to understand the procedure and to resolve some controversies surrounding it.
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Rabelo FAW, Küpper DS, Sander HH, Fernandes RMF, Valera FCP. Polysomnographic evaluation of propofol-induced sleep in patients with respiratory sleep disorders and controls. Laryngoscope 2013; 123:2300-5. [PMID: 23801248 DOI: 10.1002/lary.23664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The treatment for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) depends on correct localization of upper airway obstruction, exception made for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) with propofol allows this evaluation, but the drug effects on sleep parameters are not yet well established. Our objective was to study by polysomnography (PSG) whether propofol would change sleep parameters by means of a prospective cross-sectional clinical study in a tertiary hospital. STUDY DESIGN Thirty non-obese subjects (6 controls and 24 OSAS patients) underwent two daytime PSGs, one with DISE and the other without DISE. METHODS During DISE exam, propofol was administered intravenously in continuous infusion using a target-controlled infusion pump. The parameters evaluated were: presence of snoring, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), oxyhemoglobin saturation (SaO2), and sleep macroarchitecture. RESULTS Snoring was absent in all healthy subjects during DISE sleep with propofol, and present in all OSAS patients (100%). AHI and mean SaO2 showed no statistical difference between the two tests, with and without propofol. However, minimum SaO2 was significantly lower during propofol infusion (88.64 for without vs. 85.04 for with propofol; P < 0.01). Regarding sleep macroarchitecture, the tests with propofol significantly increased N3 sleep and totally extinguished REM sleep (P < 0.005). CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate that propofol significantly changes sleep macroarchitecture. However, the main respiratory parameters, AHI and mean SaO2 , remained unaffected. Thus, in order to determine the sites of obstruction, propofol DISE used with target-controlled infusion proved to be an effective drug for endoscopic evaluation of patients with OSAS.
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- Fábio A W Rabelo
- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Division of Otorhinolaryngology of School of Medicine of Ribeirăo Preto, University of Săo Paulo, Ribeirăo Preto, Brazil
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Won TB, Kim SY, Lee WH, Han DH, Kim DY, Kim JW, Rhee CS, Lee CH. Acoustic characteristics of snoring according to obstruction site determined by sleep videofluoroscopy. Acta Otolaryngol 2012; 132 Suppl 1:S13-20. [PMID: 22582775 DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.660733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CONCLUSION Acoustic characteristics of snoring sound, such as pitch and formant, differed according to the site of upper airway obstruction determined by sleep videofluoroscopy (SVF). Snoring sound analysis can complement determination of the site of obstruction in snoring and sleep apnea patients. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the acoustic characteristics of snoring according to obstruction site determined by SVF. METHODS Ninety patients who underwent simultaneous snoring sound recording during SVF were included in this study. Acoustic parameters of snoring such as pitch (min, mean, max) and formant (1,2) were analyzed. Site of obstruction was determined by SVF and classified according to anatomic structure and level of obstruction. RESULTS Mean value of peak frequency showed significant difference between soft palate and isolated tongue base or epiglottis obstruction and combined obstruction involving soft palate and tongue base or epiglottis. Peak frequency of velopharyngeal obstruction showed difference only with hypopharyngeal obstruction. First formant showed similar results in the structure classification whereas velopharyngeal obstruction showed significant difference compared with other levels of obstruction. Other parameters (intensity, jitter, shimmer) did not show significance according to site of obstruction.
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- Tae-Bin Won
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Rohrmeier C, Herzog M, Haubner F, Kuehnel TS. The annoyance of snoring and psychoacoustic parameters: a step towards an objective measurement. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 269:1537-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1878-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Herzog M, Bremert T, Herzog B, Hosemann W, Kaftan H, Müller A. Analysis of snoring sound by psychoacoustic parameters. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2011; 268:463-70. [PMID: 20859635 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1386-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 09/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The analysis of snoring sounds has been in focus for the past two decades. Conventional approaches by fast Fourier transformation face various limitations and demonstrate the necessity for alternative methods of investigation. Psychoacoustic analyses which are common for environmental noise analyses propose a potential approach. The present study investigates the psychoacoustic qualities (loudness, sharpness, roughness) of three different real snoring sounds (primary snoring, PS; Upper airway resistance syndrome, UARS; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, OSAS) and their alterations under increasing, artificially created sound pressure levels (SPL) from 60-85 dB. PS and UARS were detected to obtain a greater loudness as well as a higher increase under increasing SPL than OSAS. The sharpness was higher in PS and UARS, remaining stable under rising SPL compared to OSAS. The intensities of roughness were at higher levels for PS compared to URAS and OSAS, with an increase of all snoring sounds under rising SPL. By merging the psychoacoustic qualities, an individual acoustic fingerprint can be created to differentiate the three types of snoring. A potential application is proposed for the analysis of snoring sounds during polysomnography as well as for an adequate evaluation of the annoyance by snoring sounds.
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Rabelo FA, Braga A, Küpper DS, De Oliveira JA, Lopes FM, de Lima Mattos PLV, Barreto SG, Sander HH, Fernandes RM, Valera FC. Propofol-induced sleep: Polysomnographic evaluation of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and controls. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010; 142:218-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2009] [Revised: 10/28/2009] [Accepted: 11/03/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Objective: The localization of upper airway obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may optimize treatment. Nasoendoscopy during propofol sedation allows such an evaluation, but the effect of this drug on respiratory patterns and muscle relaxation is unknown. The objective of the present study was to determine through polysomnography whether propofol would change sleep parameters. Study Design: Prospective study of subjects submitted to polysomnography under sedation with propofol. Setting: Tertiary referral center. Subjects and Methods: Fifteen non-obese subjects (4 controls/11 OSA patients) were submitted to two diurnal polysomnograms (90-120 minutes of sleep), with and without the use of propofol. The parameters presence of snoring, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen desaturation, and sleep architecture were compared. Results: The use of propofol did not induce snoring in the control subjects, whereas 100 percent of the OSA patients snored. AHI and mean oxygen saturation (SaO2) did not differ significantly between examinations with and without sedation. However, minimum SaO2 differed significantly ( P < 0.05) with sedation, being lower during propofol sedation. Propofol also significantly changed the sleep architecture, with a significant increase in N3 sleep ( P < 0.005) and total abolishment of rapid eye movement sleep ( P < 0.0005) during propofol sedation. Conclusions: These preliminary results allow us to infer that sedation with propofol changes sleep architecture but permits respiratory evaluation, because the main respiratory parameters evaluated in OSA are maintained. These preliminary results support the view that nasoendoscopy under propofol sedation is a promising examination for management of this disease.
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- Fábio A.W. Rabelo
- Discipline of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Sciences of Behavior, Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Sciences of Behavior, Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Sciences of Behavior, Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Hölzl M, Sedlmaier B, Birnbaum J, Fietze I, Jumah M. Funktionelle Topodiagnostik der oberen Atemwege bei schlafbezogenen Atmungsstörungen. Somnologie 2009; 13:136-143. [DOI: 10.1007/s11818-009-0414-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Snoring is a prevalent disorder affecting 20-40% of the general population. The mechanism of snoring is vibration of anatomical structures in the pharyngeal airway. Flutter of the soft palate accounts for the harsh aspect of the snoring sound. Natural or drug-induced sleep is required for its appearance. Snoring is subject to many influences such as body position, sleep stage, route of breathing and the presence or absence of sleep-disordered breathing. Its presentation may be variable within or between nights. While snoring is generally perceived as a social nuisance, rating of its noisiness is subjective and, therefore, inconsistent. Objective assessment of snoring is important to evaluate the effect of treatment interventions. Moreover, snoring carries information relating to the site and degree of obstruction of the upper airway. If evidence for monolevel snoring at the site of the soft palate is provided, the patient may benefit from palatal surgery. These considerations have inspired researchers to scrutinize the acoustic characteristics of snoring events. Similarly to speech, snoring is produced in the vocal tract. Because of this analogy, existing techniques for speech analysis have been applied to evaluate snoring sounds. It appears that the pitch of the snoring sound is in the low-frequency range (<500 Hz) and corresponds to a fundamental frequency with associated harmonics. The pitch of snoring is determined by vibration of the soft palate, while nonpalatal snoring is more 'noise-like', and has scattered energy content in the higher spectral sub-bands (>500 Hz). To evaluate acoustic properties of snoring, sleep nasendoscopy is often performed. Recent evidence suggests that the acoustic quality of snoring is markedly different in drug-induced sleep as compared with natural sleep. Most often, palatal surgery alters sound characteristics of snoring, but is no cure for this disorder. It is uncertain whether the perceived improvement after palatal surgery, as judged by the bed partner, is due to an altered sound spectrum. Whether some acoustic aspects of snoring, such as changes in pitch, have predictive value for the presence of obstructive sleep apnea is at present not sufficiently substantiated.
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- Dirk Pevernagie
- Kempenhaeghe Foundation, Sleep Medicine Centre, P.O. Box 61, 5590 AB Heeze, The Netherlands.
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During the past two decades, different methods of upper airway evaluation for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have been investigated. Although clinical assessment is the basis of any diagnostic workflow in OSA, the Mueller maneuver is apparently of no importance. Imaging techniques have increased our knowledge of the pathophysiology of OSA. Cephalometry is done only if maxillomandibular advancement is planned; dynamic investigations such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are able to picture the pharyngeal collapse and have the capacity to simulate the effect of interventions on OSA severity. So far, video endoscopy under sedation can only predict the success of oral appliances. Multichannel pressure recordings depict the distribution of obstructive events in the upper or lower pharyngeal segment during the entire night. The impact of sophisticated upper airway evaluation remains limited compared with standard clinical assessment. Further research is needed to develop valuable tools for the diagnostic workup of patients with OSA.
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Herzog M, Kühnel T, Bremert T, Herzog B, Hosemann W, Kaftan H. The impact of the microphone position on the frequency analysis of snoring sounds. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2009; 266:1315-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0858-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine (i) the prevalence of unsuspected upper aerodigestive tract disease in snorers, (ii) the diagnostic yield of routine flexible endoscopy and (iii) the relationship between symptoms of upper aerodigestive tract disease and examination findings in snorers. DESIGN Prospective analytical cohort study. SETTING Snoring clinic in Secondary Care Otolaryngology centre. PARTICIPANTS Ninety-three patients referred with disruptive snoring. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES A structured history of upper aerodigestive tract symptoms was obtained by clinic interview. All patients underwent detailed ENT examination. Univariate analysis was undertaken on data collected. RESULTS The prevalence of oropharyngeal and laryngeal pathology in the cohort was 3%. No unsuspected upper aerodigestive tract pathology was found on routine flexible endoscopy. A history of Hard Nasal Symptoms was an accurate predictor of underlying nasal pathology. CONCLUSION The authors propose that the detailed examination of snorers by ENT specialists is unnecessary in the absence of Hard Nasal Symptoms, hoarseness or pain. We propose that a system of triage based on patient history could help identify the minority of snorers who require specialist assessment.
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- S Robertson
- Department of ENT Head & Neck Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
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Hewitt RJD, Dasgupta A, Singh A, Dutta C, Kotecha BT. Is sleep nasendoscopy a valuable adjunct to clinical examination in the evaluation of upper airway obstruction? Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2008; 266:691-7. [PMID: 18941765 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0831-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2007] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The objective of the study is to assess the correlation between outpatient department (OPD) assessment and sleep nasendoscopy (SNE) in treatment planning for sleep related breathing disorders. The study design includes a blinded, cohort study comparing the treatment prediction based on OPD clinical evaluation with SNE in consecutive, adult patients by a single clinician with a specialist interest in snoring related disorders. Patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea and those who had undergone previous treatment were excluded. The study was conducted in Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London and Queen's Hospital, Romford. Ninety-four patients were recruited as participants for the study. The main outcome measures include site of obstruction and treatment planning. The results show no significant correlation between the two groups with SNE recommending less surgical intervention and a choice of surgical and non-surgical management in greater number of patients. In conclusion, even in experienced hands, clinical prediction is significantly modified by SNE findings. The addition of SNE to the diagnostic pathway, to assess the three-dimensional dynamic anatomy of the upper airway, provides a valuable adjunct to the OPD assessment of upper airway collapse. This affords the clinician a greater accuracy of diagnosis and the patient a more focussed management strategy with increased choice of modality of treatment.
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- Richard J D Hewitt
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, 330 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DA, UK
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Cavusoglu M, Ciloglu T, Serinagaoglu Y, Kamasak M, Erogul O, Akcam T. Investigation of sequential properties of snoring episodes for obstructive sleep apnoea identification. Physiol Meas 2008; 29:879-98. [PMID: 18603666 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/8/003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In this paper, 'snore regularity' is studied in terms of the variations of snoring sound episode durations, separations and average powers in simple snorers and in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients. The goal was to explore the possibility of distinguishing among simple snorers and OSA patients using only sleep sound recordings of individuals and to ultimately eliminate the need for spending a whole night in the clinic for polysomnographic recording. Sequences that contain snoring episode durations (SED), snoring episode separations (SES) and average snoring episode powers (SEP) were constructed from snoring sound recordings of 30 individuals (18 simple snorers and 12 OSA patients) who were also under polysomnographic recording in Gülhane Military Medical Academy Sleep Studies Laboratory (GMMA-SSL), Ankara, Turkey. Snore regularity is quantified in terms of mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation values for the SED, SES and SEP sequences. In all three of these sequences, OSA patients' data displayed a higher variation than those of simple snorers. To exclude the effects of slow variations in the base-line of these sequences, new sequences that contain the coefficient of variation of the sample values in a 'short' signal frame, i.e., short time coefficient of variation (STCV) sequences, were defined. The mean, the standard deviation and the coefficient of variation values calculated from the STCV sequences displayed a stronger potential to distinguish among simple snorers and OSA patients than those obtained from the SED, SES and SEP sequences themselves. Spider charts were used to jointly visualize the three parameters, i.e., the mean, the standard deviation and the coefficient of variation values of the SED, SES and SEP sequences, and the corresponding STCV sequences as two-dimensional plots. Our observations showed that the statistical parameters obtained from the SED and SES sequences, and the corresponding STCV sequences, possessed a strong potential to distinguish among simple snorers and OSA patients, both marginally, i.e., when the parameters are examined individually, and jointly. The parameters obtained from the SEP sequences and the corresponding STCV sequences, on the other hand, did not have a strong discrimination capability. However, the joint behaviour of these parameters showed some potential to distinguish among simple snorers and OSA patients.
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Beeton RJ, Wells I, Ebden P, Whittet HB, Clarke J. Snore site discrimination using statistical moments of free field snoring sounds recorded during sleep nasendoscopy. Physiol Meas 2007; 28:1225-36. [PMID: 17906390 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/10/008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The non-invasive measurement of free field snoring sounds to estimate the site of snoring is an important development in the diagnosis, treatment and management of sleep-related breathing disorders. We investigated characteristics of the probability density function by testing the sensitivity of the statistical moments to amplitude patterns in the snoring acoustic signal. Snoring sounds from 15 patients were recorded whilst performing sleep (under anaesthetic) nasendoscopy evaluation. We demonstrated, using a fuzzy 2-means clustering method, that a combination of the statistical dimensionless moment coefficients of skewness and kurtosis could discriminate between pure palatal and non-palatal snoring subject groups.
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- R J Beeton
- Faculty of Applied Design and Engineering, Swansea Institute, University of Wales, Swansea SA1 6ED, UK.
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Herzog M, Schmidt A, Bremert T, Herzog B, Hosemann W, Kaftan H. Analysed snoring sounds correlate to obstructive sleep disordered breathing. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2007; 265:105-13. [PMID: 17680262 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0408-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2007] [Accepted: 07/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Snoring occurs as a major symptom in patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB). The aetiology of snoring remains still unclear despite various attempts to localize snoring. The correlation between different snoring sounds and the severity of SDB has not yet been investigated in a larger population. The aim of this study was to record and analyse snoring sounds and to correlate the obtained data with clinical and polysomnographical parameters. Sixty male patients with suspected SDB and reported snoring underwent a clinical examination and night time polysomnography. The parallel digitally recorded snoring sounds were analysed by fast fourier transformation (FFT). Peak intensity was determined from the power spectrum. The periodicity of snoring was classified into rhythmic and non-rhythmic snoring according to the presence of air flow interruptions due to obstructive apneas. Patients with primary snoring revealed peak intensities between 100 and 300 Hz. Patients with an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) revealed peak intensities above 1,000 Hz. Polysomnographical data (AHI, mean and minimum SpO(2)) as well as body mass index (BMI) correlated with peak intensity of the power spectrum. None of the parameters of the clinical examination correlated with peak intensity. Frequency analysis of snoring sounds provides a useful diagnostic tool to distinguish between different patterns of snoring and respective SDB. The topodiagnosis of snoring is not possible by means of frequency analysis or clinical examination alone. Acoustical analysis of snoring sounds seems a promising additional diagnostic tool to verify different types of SDB in snoring patients.
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- Michael Herzog
- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Walther-Rathenau-Street 43-45, 17487, Greifswald, Germany.
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Kotecha BT, Hannan SA, Khalil HMB, Georgalas C, Bailey P. Sleep nasendoscopy: a 10-year retrospective audit study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2007; 264:1361-7. [PMID: 17579877 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0366-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sleep nasendoscopy was conceived at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, UK in 1991, and has remained fully implemented in patient selection for targeted treatment of the spectrum of sleep-disordered breathing. The senior authors (B.T.K. and P.B.) have been performing sleep nasendoscopy together for over 10 years, and we look back at their decade's experience. A retrospective audit study based on case notes was performed over a 10-year period (1995-2005) in a tertiary-referral practice setting. Case notes were retrieved on all patients who had undergone sleep nasendoscopy during the study period, and agreed data were extracted and analyzed. A total of 2,485 sleep nasendoscopies were performed in patients with a mean age of 44.1 years, a 4:1 male preponderance, and a mean body mass index of 27.3 kg m(-2). Sleep nasendoscopy grading correlated well with apnoea-hypopnoea index and mean oxygen desaturation. Such grading helped us define and discuss treatment options with patients. After a median follow-up period of 518 days, 72% of patients reported feeling better; 26% of patients reported no change; and only 2% of patients reported feeling worse after treatment. Sleep nasendoscopy has proved to be a useful adjunctive method to identify the anatomical site of snoring, not to mention upper airway collapse, and remains integral to our tertiary-referral practice. It has allowed us quality assessment of the dynamic anatomy of sleep-disordered breathing that most closely and cost-effectively simulates the natural situation of patients. And for targeted treatment, such assessment has been fundamental.
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- Bhik T Kotecha
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DA, UK.
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Snoring is a common problem and the incidence increases with age. The significance of snoring as a symptom of sleep disordered breathing must not be overlooked in assessing this complaint. This article aims to highlight some of the important aspects in the investigation and management of a snoring patient.
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Hannan SA, Kotecha BT. Acoustic parameters of snoring sound to compare natural snores with snores during 'steady-state' propofol sedation. Clin Otolaryngol 2006; 31:341-2; author reply 342. [PMID: 16911664 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2006.01252.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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