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ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2013

The influence of nasal abnormalities in adherence to continuous positive airway pressure device therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Fernanda Louise Martinho Haddad, Tatiana de Aguiar Vidigal, Luciane Mello-Fujita, Fátima Dumas Cintra, Luiz Carlos Gregório, Sérgio Tufik, Lia Bittencourt

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Article in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Nasal involvement in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.International journal of otolaryngology · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fernanda Louise Martinho HaddadDisciplina de Medicina e Biologia do Sono-Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleao de Barros, 925, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 04024-002, femartinho@uol.com.br.
Tatiana de Aguiar Vidigal
Luciane Mello-Fujita
Fátima Dumas Cintra
Luiz Carlos Gregório
Sérgio Tufik
Lia Bittencourt
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe few studies that examine the effect of nasal abnormalities on continuous positive airway pressure device (CPAP) adherence are controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of nasal abnormalities in CPAP adherence.

methodsWe included patients with moderate to severe OSA. The patients were submitted to rhinoscopy, nasofibroscopy, nasal inspiratory peak flow, and acoustic rhinometry. The patients who used a CPAP for 4 h or more per night for at least 70 % of the nights over a 6-month period were considered to have good adherence.

resultsThirty-four patients finished the study. Eleven (33.4 %) were female and 23 (67.6 %) were male. Sixteen (47.1 %) patients had good adherence. The body mass index (p = 0.030), neck circumference (p = 0.006), and apnea-hypopnea index (p = 0.032) were higher, and the oxyhemoglobin saturation minimum was lower (p = 0.041) in the good adherence group. Nasal parameters showed no differences between good and poor adherence groups. In Spearman's correlation, surprisingly, there was a negative correlation between the highest number of hours of CPAP use with smaller values of nasal minimal cross-sectional areas in the supine position (r, 0.375; p = 0.029). In the linear regression model, the nasal findings that predicted increased of the CPAP use were the following: lower scores of nasal symptoms (p = 0.007) and lower nasal volume in supine position (p = 0.001).

conclusionsThe majority of the nasal parameters evaluated in this study did not influence CPAP adherence.

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AdultAgedAirway ResistanceContinuous Positive Airway PressureEndoscopyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasal ObstructionNosePatient CompliancePolysomnographyRhinometry, AcousticSleep Apnea, Obstructive

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PMID23463254
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