2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000700007
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Apresentação clínica de pacientes obesos com diagnóstico polissonográfico de apnéia obstrutiva do sono

Abstract: RESUMO ABSTRACT Clinical Presentation of Obese Patients with Polysomnographic Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Aim:To evaluate the symptoms of obese patients with polysomnographic diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: All obese patients (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2 ) that accomplished overnight polysomnography in two sleep laboratories in the city of Salvador, BA, Brazil, in the period of July to December of 2004, and had an apnea hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5. The considered symptoms were excessive daytime… Show more

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“…Other study identified mild sleep disturbance in 21.9% of obese patients, moderate in 28.8% and severe in 49.3% (23) . The disparity in the number of patients affected between our study and the others is mainly due to the evaluation method used.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 85%
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“…Other study identified mild sleep disturbance in 21.9% of obese patients, moderate in 28.8% and severe in 49.3% (23) . The disparity in the number of patients affected between our study and the others is mainly due to the evaluation method used.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…The preoperative evaluation of SD is of paramount importance, requiring more attention to patients with OSAHS in the pre, intra and postoperative management of these patients (23)(24)(25)(26)(27) . Caution should be exercised when administering drugs used as anesthetics and analgesics, which may induce hypotonia of the dilator muscles of the pharynx, and also depress the respiratory center, causing hypopnea and desaturation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sleep efficiency was satisfactory when reached greater than or equal to 70% of the night's sleep, while the REM sleep were considered satisfactory when it between 20 and 25% of the sleep 10 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The PSG shows the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), the Oxy-hemoglobin desaturation, the arousals, the percentages of sleep stages, the electrocardiogram, the record of snoring and body position. All this levels are relevant for our study as long as they allow to draw a profile of patients who underwent to the examination 3,[8][9][10] .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…dysfunction and metabolic dysregulation associated with varied symptoms, mainly daytime sleepiness, nocturnal awakening, and nocturnal suffocation, especially in the long term 12,13 . Even so, most patients with the syndrome are asymptomatic, which does not mean a milder disease 13 .…”
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