ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Insights into the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Predictive value of ultrasound-measured tongue base thickness for upper airway obstruction during monitored anesthesia care: a single-center prospective observational study.Journal of anesthesia · 2026Article
- Masticatory muscle stiffness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Point-of-Care Tongue Ultrasound for Perioperative Risk Stratification in Metabolic Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2025Observational
- Ultrasound shear wave elastography of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- Mapping the Fat: How Childhood Obesity and Body Composition Shape Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Correlation of Airway POCUS Measures with Screening and Severity Evaluation Tools in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Exploratory Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Tongue Ultrasonography in the Screening of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome-Promising Potential for Overloaded Sleep Centers.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Use of Ultrasound to Verify the Impact of Telemedicine Myofunctional Therapy on Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Study Protocol Proposal.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleeping disorder caused by complete or partial disturbance of breathing during the night. Existing screening methods include questionnaire-based evaluations which are time-consuming, vary in specificity, and are not globally adopted. Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS), on the other hand, is a painless, inexpensive, portable, and useful tool that has already been introduced for the evaluation of upper airways by anesthetists. PoCUS could also serve as a potential screening tool for the diagnosis of OSA by measuring different airway parameters, including retropalatal pharynx transverse diameter, tongue base thickness, distance between lingual arteries, lateral parapharyngeal wall thickness, palatine tonsil volume, and some non-airway parameters like carotid intima-media thickness, mesenteric fat thickness, and diaphragm characteristics. This study reviewed previously reported studies to highlight the importance of PoCUS as a potential screening tool for OSA.
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