4. DEFINATION
Defined as 5 or more respiratory events (apnoeas /
hypopnoeas / RERAs) per hour of sleep lasting
≥10seconds in association with excessive day time
somnolence, waking with gasping, choking, or breath
holding spells or witnessed spells of apnoeas, snoring
or both,
Usually accompanied by reduction in blood oxygen
saturations of at least 3% – 4% and is terminated by
brief, unconscious arousals from sleep.
6. Features of upper airway in patients of
OSAH
Upper airway muscle are more hyper trophic
Contract more powefully during wakefullness
Delay between Upper airway muscle activity and
diaphragm muscle activity
Posterior displacement of tongue and mandible
Oval shaped airway
9. APNOEA
AROUSAL
Loud snort and compensatory phase of
hyperventilation
sleep
Hypoxaemia
Hypercapnia
Neg pressure
Stimulus to resp and
reticular
Increased resp effort
Vasocostriction
Tachycardia
Inc BP
10.
11. SYMPTOMS
Night Time Symptoms
Loud, habitual snoring
Witnessed apnoeas
Nocturnal awakenings
Gasping and choking
episodes during sleep
Nocturia
Abnormal body
movements
o Day time symptoms
o Unrefreshing sleep
o Daytime headaches
o Excessive daytime sleepiness
o Lack of concentration, poor
memory, irritability
o May lead to automobile or work
related accidents
o Decreased libido
24. DRUG INDUCED SLEEP ENDOSCOPY
Commonly performed
Propofol
Target controlled propofol infusion
Anaesthetist
All monitors
Saturation to be maintained
27. MRI
Localization of site of obstruction
Quantify the amount of surgical tissue volume
reduction necessary to resolve snoring
High cost
Time factor
32. Specific Medical therapies
Positional therapy – (LATERAL POSITION)
Positive Airway pressure
CPAP – mainstay of treatment, acts as pneumatic
splint(prevents collapse of airway and avoids OSA)
Bi-level systems
Auto CPAP
Oral Appliances
Tongue retaining devices
Mandibular advancing devices
Snore guard
Palatal Lifting devices
NAPA (Nocturnal Airway Patency Device)
33. CPAP(CONTINOUS POSITIVE
AIRWAY PRESSURE )
Acts as pneumatic splint
whereby blowing air via a tube and mask through
the nasal and/or oral passageway
support the pharyngeal and palatal walls
preventing collapse of the airway.
34. METHOD OF TITRATION
Admit a patient for overnight diagnostic Polysomnography,
and halfway through the night, when the severity and the
diagnosis of OSA have been confirmed, to commence CPAP
for the second half of the night. This is referred to as a
SPLIT NIGHT.
CPAP titration technique – The starting pressure is usually
approximately 4 cm H20 and the pressure is increased
quickly until all apnoeas and hypopnoeas are eliminated.
Another technique increasingly used is to send the subject
home with an autoCPAP machine. Most autoCPAP machines
will collect data on compliance, leaks and pressure profile.
39. UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY
Where obstruction is at upper pharyngeal or velopharyngeal
level
Remove tonsils, trimming faucial pillars, removal of
uvula and variable amount of soft palate mucosa
then suturing anterior and posterior faucial pillars
and anterior and posterior soft palate mucosa
Stiffen soft palate by scarring
Increase space behind soft palate
Reduction in obstruction
41. SUCCESS OF UPPP
Friedman staging for success of
UPPP
Palate position
BMI
Tonsil size
Friedman staging for success
of UPPP
Stage 1 80%
Stage 2 40%
Stage 3 8%
42. PALATAL IMPLANTS
Placement of three woven
implants which stiffen the
palate
Fibrotic bands within capsule
which stiffens palate further
43. RADIOFREQUENCY TISSUE
VOLUME REDUCTION
Submucosal application of the
radiofrequency energy to the midline soft
palate.
Initial treatment directed at a point
approximately midway between the hard
and soft palate junction and the base of the
muscular uvulae.
Carried out as a day care or OPD procedure
Less complications
44. LASER MIDLINE GLOSSECTOMY
Approximately 2.5 x 5cm
midline tongue tissue is
excised.
Might also require lingual
tonsillectomy, reduction of
aryepiglottic folds and
partial epiglottectomy.
Usually combined with
tracheostomy for airway
protection.
49. HYOID MYOTOMY AND
SUSPENSION
Hyoid mobilized by inferior
myotomy and fixed anteriorly
and inferiorly to thyroid
cartilage
Advances the hyoid and
epiglottis anteriorly
Increases retro lingual space