Influence of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty on α-EEG arousals in nonapnoeic snorers. A. Boudewyns, W. De Cock, M. Willemen, M. Wagemans, W. De Backer, P.H. Van de Heyning. ERS Journals Ltd 1997. ABSTRACT: Arousals are more numerous in heavy snorers than in nonsnorers and might be a cause of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in these patients. The present study investigated whether treatment of sno...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To systematically review the international literature evaluating the role of the epiglottis in snoring and obstructive sleep apnea and to explore possible treatment options available. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Google Scholar, Book Citation Index-Science, CINAHL, Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science, The Cochrane Collaboration Databases, and Web of Sci...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between snoring and various respiratory symptoms and passive parental smoking. DESIGN Data were collected by questionnaire. SETTING Primary schools in Guardiagrele and Francavilla in the Abruzzi region in central Italy. SUBJECTS 1615 Children aged 6-13 years were categorised according to whether they snored often; occasionally apart from with colds; o...

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness and other sleep symptoms in a group of professional wrestlers and to identify the risk factors of snoring in these subjects. Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 55 professional wrestlers and 44 age matched men. All subjects answered nine questions about their sleep and snoring habits and self-graded on a scale ...

OBJECTIVE To establish whether a history of snoring or the degree of overnight hypoxaemia is an important independent predictor of systemic blood pressure. DESIGN Prospective community based study of blood pressure in relation to overnight oxygen saturation, height, weight, and a questionnaire assessment of snoring, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Analysis was by multiple linear regression ...

BACKGROUND Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is a common childhood disorder that encompasses a range of sleep-related upper airway obstruction. Children with SDB demonstrate significant neurocognitive deficits. Adenotonsillectomy is the first line of treatment for SDB and whilst this improves respiratory disturbance, it remains to be established whether neurocognitive gains also result. METHOD...

BACKGROUND Snoring children may present symptoms suggestive of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Different and controversial methods to establish the diagnosis and to choose the treatment modalities have been proposed. OBJECTIVES To study children with symptoms raising the suspicion of OSAS with overnight polysomnography (PSG). To evaluate the efficacy of adenotonsillectomy as treatmen...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a known risk factor for atherosclerosis. We investigated the association of common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) with snoring sounds in OSA patients. A total of 30 newly diagnosed OSA patients with no history of cardiovascular diseases were prospectively enrolled for measuring mean CCA-IMT with B-mode ultrasonography, body mass index, metabolic...

Case History: 37 month female, weight 13 kg, scheduled for an adenotonsillectomy and bilateral ear tubes in an outpatient facility. The child has a history of loud snoring, hyperactivity and multiple ear infections. Parents state that they have not witnessed apnea while she is sleeping but are impressed by her snoring and that it has been getting worse over the past year. She has no other medic...