Initial indication of treatment in 60 patients with sleep obstructive ventilatory disturbance

Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia

Universidade Federal do Piauí¹  Paschoal, Jorge Rizzato¹  Borges, Paulo de Tarso Moura¹  UNICAMP¹ 

关键词: apnea;    sleep apnea syndromes;    sleep apnea;    obstructive.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-72992005000600009

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial

【 摘 要 】

AIM: The author present a retrospective descriptive study of 60 patients with sleep obstructive ventilatory disturbance who have taken medical advice at the Centro Campinas de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço during a period of three years. All the patients have been examined after standardized protocol and decisions related to the treatment have been taken after systematic multidisciplinary discussion. STUDY DESIGN: clinical retrospective. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The patients were distributed into two groups according to the proposal of surgical and non-surgical treatment. After so, they were studied according to the model of treatment proposed and the main propaedeutic findings: respiratory disturbance index (RDI), body mass index (BMI), cephalometric analysis and Müller maneuver. The main features were compared - isolated or in association - with the model of treatment proposed. CONCLUSION: Amongst several conclusions obtained, the most important were: surgical and non-surgical treatment were indicated almost in the same proportion for of snoring; surgical treatments were most indicated for snoring and Apnoea-Hipopnoea Syndrome, despite of its modality; RDI, BMI and cephalometric analysis and Müller maneuver had no influence at any therapeutic modality; the therapeutic decision was taken after standardized protocol and systematic multidisciplinary discussion, where each case was discussed individually.

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