ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2022
Impact of nasal dilator strips on measures of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy.
Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Positive Airway Pressure Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Pilot Randomized Proof-of-Concept Clinical Trial.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2024Trial
- Subjective and Objective Evaluation of a Novel Nasal Tip Elevating Strip for Nasal Obstruction: A Pilot Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- Clinical Effectiveness of Nasal Dilators in Sleep-Disordered Breathing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2026Review
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy and its Impact on Maternal-Fetal Health: A Hidden Threat - Narrative Review.The open respiratory medicine journal · 2025Review
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objectivesWomen with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in pregnancy are at a greater risk of developing serious adverse perinatal outcomes. However, the pathogenesis of SDB in pregnancy is poorly understood. As nasal congestion is common in pregnancy, nasal obstruction may contribute to SDB in this population. This study aims to assess the impact of nasal dilator strips (NDS) on measures of SDB and their potential for use as a placebo condition.
methodsPregnant women ≥ 18 years old, body mass index ≥ 27 kg/m
results54 women, 59% White, 60% in the third trimester were enrolled. Median time between the 2 studies was 1 day (interquartile range [IQR] 4). There was no significant change between the night without NDS use and the night with NDS use in respiratory event index (5.30 [IQR 6.20] vs 4.80 [IQR 6.78],
conclusionsDespite the high prevalence of pregnancy-associated rhinitis, NDS do not have a significant impact on measures of SDB. Results from this study support the use of NDS as an appropriate placebo in prenatal clinical trials. CITATION: Maxwell M, Sanapo L, Monteiro K, et al. Impact of nasal dilator strips on measures of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy.
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