Sleep endoscopy as a complementary diagnostic method for snoring and sleep apnea
Einstein (Säo Paulo)
; 20: eMD8035, 2022. tab, graf
Artigo
em Inglês
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LILACS-Express
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| ID: biblio-1394329
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder characterized by complete or incomplete and recurrent upper airway collapse induced by sleep. Several diagnostic methods for obstructive sleep apnea are used, but only sleep endoscopy allows an endoscopic assessment of pharyngeal collapse during sedation. It is essential to carry out sleep endoscopy following a systematic institutional protocol, in preestablished stages, to ensure better reproducibility and reliability of the results found. Sleep endoscopy has few limitations and is a safe test, with a low risk of complications.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Guia de prática clínica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Einstein (Säo Paulo)
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein/BR
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR