학술논문
MEASUREMENT OF OROPHARYNGEAL SOFT TISSUE PROFILES OF PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA BY CEPHALOMETRY IN EXPIRATORY AND INSPIRATORY / 睡眠時無呼吸症候群診断における呼気, 吸気時咽頭トモグラフィーの有用性
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
H. KIDA; I. KOIZUKA; K. SATO; T. MATSUNAGA; T. NOIRI; Y. SUGITA; Y. TESHIMA; 佐藤 かおる; 手島 愛雄; 杉田 義郎; 松永 亨; 肥塚 泉; 貴田 浩之; 野入 輝久
Source
口腔・咽頭科 / Stomato-pharyngology. 1990, 2(2):99
Subject
Language
Japanese
ISSN
0917-5105
1884-4316
1884-4316
Abstract
Oropharyngeal soft tissue profiles in 110 patients (92 men and 18 women) who snored, or had apnea during sleep, were evaluated by cephalometry in the inspiratory and expiratory phases. In patients diagnosed as having sleep apnea syndrome by polysomnography, the distances between the post nasal spine and the tip of the uvula and between the sella and the tip of the uvula in the inspiratory phase were significantly longer than in the expiratory phase. In patients with normal polysomnographic recordings there was no significant difference in the distance between these points. We conclude that cephalometry performed in each respiratory phase is useful in the diagnosis of sleep apnea.