CT in the evaluation of the upper airway in healthy subjects and in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

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P CaballeroJ L Alvarez-Sala

Abstract

To study if the caliber of the upper airway, measured by CT, allows us to distinguish patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) from healthy people. Sixteen OSAS patients (with an apnea-hypopnea index > 10) and 39 healthy volunteers were studied. Polysomnography and CT of the upper airways during awake periods were performed in both groups. We used third-generation equipment (Toshiba model TCT 600QT). The area of the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx (in inspiration and expiration), the uvula diameter, and retropharyngeal tissue were evaluated. The simultaneous identification of the variables that differentiate between control and OSAS groups was determined by a multivariate discriminant model. The retropharyngeal tissue in OSAS men was greater than those of the control men (10.3+/-3.6 mm vs 6.4+/-2.7 mm; p < 0.01). The multivariate analysis was performed on the 29 men (14 OSAS and 15 non-OSAS) who had information compiled in the selected parameters. The retropharyngeal tissue, expiratory hypopharynx, and uvular diameter are used to create a discriminant model (Wilks' lambda=0.556; p < 0.01). Two non-OSAS and five OSAS patients were incorrectly classified by this model as members of the other group (total rat...Continue Reading

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