Relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Self-assessed Oral Health Status: An Internet Survey

A survey on the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and difficult intubation in the elderly

Background and Objectives: Difficult intubation is one of the challenges for patients undergoing anesthesia that leads to severe complications and death. Obstructive sleep apnea is one of the factors that may be associated with difficult intubation. The present study was carried out to investigate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and difficult intubation in the elderly. Mater...

Determination of The Relationship Between Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are at increased risk of sleep-disorders. The concomitant occurrence of COPD and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is named overlap syndrome. This study aimed to evaluate the severity of OSAHS in overlap syndrome patients.Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on adult patients with forced...

Investigation of an Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Two Chronic Oral Health Conditions

Relationship Between Snoring Intensity and Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the intensity of snoring and severity of sleep apnea using Watch-PAT (peripheral arterial tone) 100. METHODS A total of 404 patients (338 males and 66 females) who underwent home-based portable sleep study using Watch-PAT 100 for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) from January 2009 through December 2011 were included in thi...

[Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome and insulin resistance].

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is independently associated with insulin resistance (IR). METHODS We recruited 60 male obese patients with OSAHS [OSAHS group, age (42.3 +/- 2.6) years, body mass index (BMI) (28.3 +/- 2.1) kg/m2, waist/hip ratio (WHR) 0.95 +/- 0.05], 60 male weight-matched obese patients without OSAHS [OB group, age (41.5 +/- ...