Upper airway collapse during drug induced sleep endoscopy: head rotation in supine position compared with lateral head and trunk position

• Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology Vol. 272; no. 2; pp. 485 - 488
• Main Authors: Safiruddin, Faiza, Koutsourelakis, Ioannis, de Vries, Nico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Endoscopy - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Head and Neck Surgery; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Neurosurgery; Otorhinolaryngology; Patient Positioning; Polysomnography; Prospective Studies; Rotation; Sleep - drug effects; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - physiopathology; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - surgery; Supine Position; Torso; Head rotation; Drug induced sedated endoscopy; Sleep apnea; Positional sleep apnea; Obstructive sleep apnea; Positional therapy

Drug induced sedated sleep endoscopy (DISE) is often employed to determine the site, severity and pattern of obstruction in patients with sleep apnea. DISE is usually performed in supine position. We recently showed that the obstruction pattern is different when DISE is performed in lateral position...