Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: Nine years experience

• Autor(a) principal: Caselhos, Sérgio
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Teles, Rafaela Veloso, Matos, Carlos, Fernandes, Fausto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.162
• topic: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; uvulopalatopharyngoplasty; Síndrome de Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono; uvulopalatofaringoplastia

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is estimated to affect 2-4% of the population. There is an imbalance between the forces dilating and occluding the pharynx during sleep time.Objective: Evaluation of epidemiological data, signs and symptoms, upper-airway evaluation, non-surgical and surgical treatment of OSAS.Material and methodology: Retrospective study of clinical processes from all patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea at the Centro Hospitalar do Alto Ave in the period from February 2001 to February 2010.Results: A series of 459 patients were included. There was a male predominance. 63,3% of patients using CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) were considered as adapted? 139 surgeries were performed, mostly uvulopalatopharyngoplasties, which were successful in 57.78% of patients. The best results were achieved in patients with low body mass and apnea/hipopnea indexes .