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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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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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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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 |
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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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Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex |
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Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex |
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Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex |
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Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex |
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Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex |
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oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) |
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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1678-4227 |
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2011-10-01 |
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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. |
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apneia obstrutiva do sono SAOS reflexo palatal reflexo nauseoso |
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