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  • Title: [Sleep apnea syndrome. Clinical manifestations and treatment with continuous positive airway pressure in 40 patients].
    Author: Terán Santos J, Pascual Lledó F, Rodríguez Pascual L, Arroyo Hidalgo I, García Muñoz JP, Gallo Marín F, Viejo Bañuelos JL.
    Journal: Rev Clin Esp; 1992 Feb; 190(2):64-8. PubMed ID: 1561439.
    Abstract:
    Sleep obstructive apnea syndrome (SOAS) is defined by the existence of recurrent respiratory pauses during sleep, in general accompanied by arterial hypoxemia. In the present study the clinical characteristics of 40 patients diagnosed of SOAS are defined, highlighting amongst them de time sleepiness (85%), unavoidable sleep (85%) and tendency to snore (100%). Incidence is greater in males, in the fourth or fifth decades of lives in obese subjects (82%) and with associated hypertension (38%). Treatment with continuous positive pressure on respiratory tract (cPAP) achieves a significant decrease (p less than 0.001) in the mean duration of apnea and in the apnea-hypopnea/hour index, and it also manages to significantly increase arterial oxygen saturation. Similarly, a good adaptation to treatment, with a drop out rate of 7.5% and the absence of serious complications are observed.
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