Preliminar results of oral apliance device in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Introduction The first line treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apne-Hyponea Syndrome (OSAHS) is CPAP. Oral appliances are an useful therapeutic alterntive, but its efficacy can varies between different studies, with aproximetly a mean efficiency of 52%, if we define therapeutic success as a final AHI of...

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Published in:Sleep medicine 2013-12, Vol.14, p.e121-e121
Main Authors: Ferre, A, Vila, J, Gallardo, E, Perello, E, Romero, O, Sampol, G
Format: Article
Language:English
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Neurology
Sleep Medicine
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Summary:Introduction The first line treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apne-Hyponea Syndrome (OSAHS) is CPAP. Oral appliances are an useful therapeutic alterntive, but its efficacy can varies between different studies, with aproximetly a mean efficiency of 52%, if we define therapeutic success as a final AHI of 3%. There is statistically significant improvement in: global RDI (−11.6) with RDI < 5 in 68%, Supine RDI (−22.5) with RDI < 5 in 55.6, non-supine RDI (−7.3) RDI < 5 in 78.9% and NREM-RDI (−10.8) with RDI < 5 in 80%. No significant improvement were observed in REM-RDI (−7.7) with RDI < 5 in 53.3%. The improvement of the RDI did not have correlation with the age weight, and time in postural position. Conclusion Oral appliances are an effective treatment for mild to moderate OSAHS, with improvement of both, subjective and objective sleep parameters. Acknowledgement Thanks to the partial financial support by Orthoplus®.
ISSN:1389-9457
1878-5506
DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2013.11.270