I t has been suggested that conditions associated with nasal obstruction predispose to the development of snoring and OSA (1,2). Some authors indicated that the nose accounts for approximately half of the total airway resistance to airflow (3). Nasal obstruction may contribute to an increase in snoring and sleep apnea frequency and severity (4). For this reason, nasal dilators have been propose...

aim and background: enuresis is known as one of the most common disorders in childhood. snoring at night and obstructive sleep apnea have been considered as probable causes, at least in some cases. thus, the importance of a breathing exercise to reduce bedwetting in children with nocturnal snoring should be noted. method and materials: this study is an experimental survey with control group. th...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relative temporal appearance of flow limitation and snoring during continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration, compare their sensitivity as indicators of airway obstruction, and assess their relative utility as feedback variables for automatic titration of CPAP. DESIGN Retrospective review of data. SETTING University teaching hospital. PATIENTS Fifty-th...

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with significant morbidity and remains underdiagnosed in women. Identification of high-risk groups among women is important for early detection and treatment. OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of snoring in young women with atopy and to determine the risk factors for snoring in these individuals. METHODS The Cincinnati Childhood A...

BACKGROUND Simple snoring represents a social problem, not only because it could affect the patient's married life, but it often goes along with sleep-disordered breathing. Chronic nasal obstruction has many sequel including snoring and the inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH) is its most common cause. The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of video-assisted endoscopic radiofrequency ...

Simple snoring is a very common problem that presents a number of different challenges. The initial difficulty is in confirming the presence of snoring, next one must exclude any other nocturnal respiratory pathology and finally a decision as to an appropriate treatment must be made. There are many different ways of achieving these objectives, but no one-way has a clear advantage in terms of bo...

BACKGROUND Physical and hormonal changes during pregnancy alter breathing patterns of pregnant women. It is possible that occult disordered breathing during sleep may be a risk factor for the development of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and preeclampsia. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to determine the incidence of self-reported snoring in pregnant women, and to investigate the relationship of s...

Snoring is an acoustic phenomenon, which is a consequence of vibrations of the soft tissue caused by partial obstruction of the upper breathing pathway while sleeping. It is estimated that 20% of men and 5% of women between 30 and 35 years of age snore and this rate increases to 50% of men and 30% of women over 60 years of age. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of radiofreque...

STUDY OBJECTIVES This report describes the associations, specificities, sensitivities, and positive likelihood ratios of clinical symptoms to a finding of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) on polysomnography in children. METHODS Four hundred eighty unattended home polysomnograms were completed in a community-based cohort of children 6 to 11 years of age (50% boys, 42.3% Hispanic, and 52.9% bet...