Snoring is a common problem, which may have widespread medical and social implications. This is particularly true in the setting of the armed forces where snoring may have significant effects in terms of personal performance, social interaction and security. This paper discusses the general management of snoring in the military environment and in particular the clinical effectiveness of one sur...

BACKGROUND: Snoring is extremely common in the general population and may indicate OSA. However, snoring is not objectively measured during polysomnography, and no standard treatment is available for primary snoring or when snoring is associated with mild forms of OSA. Th is study determined the eff ects of oropharyngeal exercises on snoring in minimally symptomatic patients with a primary comp...

INTRODUCTION Primary snoring is characterized by absence of apneas. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by upper respiratory tract obstruction that alters ventilation and sleep. Permanent night snoring is the most important risk factor. OBJECTIVE To know the primary snoring prevalence and OSAS associated symptoms in children of Cordoba. To determine if physicians ask pare...

Monitoring variations in the upper airway narrowing during sleep is invasive and expensive. Since snoring sounds are generated by air turbulence and vibrations of the upper airway due to its narrowing; snoring sounds may be used as a non-invasive technique to assess upper airway narrowing. Our goal was to develop a subject-specific acoustic model of the upper airway to investigate the impacts o...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to study the relationship between snoring and pregnancy-induced hypertension and growth retardation of the fetus. DESIGN Retrospective, cross-sectional, consecutive case series. SETTING The Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Umeâ, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS On the day of delivery, 502 women with singleton pregnancies co...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To quantify the snoring sound intensity levels generated by individuals during polysomnographic testing and to examine the relationships between acoustic, polysomnographic, and clinical variables. DESIGN The prospective acquisition of acoustic and polysomnographic data with a retrospective medical chart review. SETTING A sleep laboratory at a primary care hospital. PARTIC...

Even in the absence of sleep apnoea, heavy snoring may be a cause of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and fatigue. The aim of this investigation was to study whether uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) is effective in relieving snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness in nonapnoeic snoring patients. UPPP was assessed in 155 nonapnoeic, snoring patients (136 men and 19 women, mean age 45 yrs). Po...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The effect of the Pillar implant on mild sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been assessed in various studies. However, most of these were conducted among a non-Asian population at a single institution. Therefore, the aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the efficacy of the Pillar implant in Asian patients with simple snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnea (O...