Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has high prevalence and may cause serious comorbities. The aim of this trial was to show if simple noninvasive methods such as gag reflex and palatal reflex are prospective multivariate assessments of predictor variables for OSA. METHOD: We evaluate gag reflex and palat...

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Main Authors: Juliana Spelta Valbuza, Márcio Moysés de Oliveira, Cristiane Fiquene Conti, Lucila Bizari F. Prado, Luciane B.C. Carvalho, Gilmar Fernandes do Prado
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Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2011-10-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000600015&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-d42069dd9f584d66848f49d29fe11e462020-11-24T21:06:57ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272011-10-0169580580810.1590/S0004-282X2011000600015S0004-282X2011000600015Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflexJuliana Spelta Valbuza0Márcio Moysés de Oliveira1Cristiane Fiquene Conti2Lucila Bizari F. Prado3Luciane B.C. Carvalho4Gilmar Fernandes do Prado5Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has high prevalence and may cause serious comorbities. The aim of this trial was to show if simple noninvasive methods such as gag reflex and palatal reflex are prospective multivariate assessments of predictor variables for OSA. METHOD: We evaluate gag reflex and palatal reflex, of fifty-five adult patients, and their subsequent overnight polysomnography. RESULTS: Forty-one participants presented obstructive sleep apnea. The most relevant findings in our study were: [1] absence of gag reflex on patients with severe obstructive apnea (p=0.001); [2] absence of palatal reflex on moderate obstructive apnea patients (p=0.02). CONCLUSION: Gag reflex and palatal reflex, a simple noninvasive test regularly performed in a systematic neurological examination can disclose the impact of the local neurogenic injury associated to snoring and/or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000600015&lng=en&tlng=enapneia obstrutiva do sonoSAOSreflexo palatalreflexo nauseoso
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author Juliana Spelta Valbuza
Márcio Moysés de Oliveira
Cristiane Fiquene Conti
Lucila Bizari F. Prado
Luciane B.C. Carvalho
Gilmar Fernandes do Prado
spellingShingle Juliana Spelta Valbuza
Márcio Moysés de Oliveira
Cristiane Fiquene Conti
Lucila Bizari F. Prado
Luciane B.C. Carvalho
Gilmar Fernandes do Prado
Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
apneia obstrutiva do sono
SAOS
reflexo palatal
reflexo nauseoso
author_facet Juliana Spelta Valbuza
Márcio Moysés de Oliveira
Cristiane Fiquene Conti
Lucila Bizari F. Prado
Luciane B.C. Carvalho
Gilmar Fernandes do Prado
author_sort Juliana Spelta Valbuza
title Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex
title_short Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex
title_full Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex
title_fullStr Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex
title_full_unstemmed Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex
title_sort oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex
publisher Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
series Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
issn 1678-4227
publishDate 2011-10-01
description Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has high prevalence and may cause serious comorbities. The aim of this trial was to show if simple noninvasive methods such as gag reflex and palatal reflex are prospective multivariate assessments of predictor variables for OSA. METHOD: We evaluate gag reflex and palatal reflex, of fifty-five adult patients, and their subsequent overnight polysomnography. RESULTS: Forty-one participants presented obstructive sleep apnea. The most relevant findings in our study were: [1] absence of gag reflex on patients with severe obstructive apnea (p=0.001); [2] absence of palatal reflex on moderate obstructive apnea patients (p=0.02). CONCLUSION: Gag reflex and palatal reflex, a simple noninvasive test regularly performed in a systematic neurological examination can disclose the impact of the local neurogenic injury associated to snoring and/or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
topic apneia obstrutiva do sono
SAOS
reflexo palatal
reflexo nauseoso
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000600015&lng=en&tlng=en
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