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Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) is a very common disease characterized by repeated episodes of complete or partial obstruction of the upper airway during sleep and may lead to many cardiac and neurological complications. Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea are generally obese and present with the history of snoring and daytime drowsiness. Obesity and narrow pharyngeal airway are the most important risk factors along with the male gender. Polysomnography is considered as the gold standard for the diagnosis of OSA, which is carried out in Sleep Clinic. First line of treatment of OSA includes weight loss. Severe cases of OSA should be advised to use continuous positive airway pressure appliance (CPAP) during sleep. Various surgical procedures can also be used as the treatment options.

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  1. ENT Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Medhat Shams & Hayam AlTaweel

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    Abdulsalam Al-Qahtani

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    Hassan Haidar

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    Aisha Larem

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DISE showing that the tonsils are the site of the obstruction (C:\Users\DELL\Desktop\chapter\oropharinx1.wmv) (WMV 5844 kb)

Lateral pharyngeal wall collapses causing obstruction (C:\Users\DELL\Desktop\chapter\lat wall.wmv) (WMV 4205 kb)

Shows that the base of tongue is the site responsible for the obstruction (C:\Users\DELL\Desktop\chapter\base of tongue.wmv) (WMV 6269 kb)

Shows that airway obstruction is caused by collapse of lateral walls of hypopharynx (WMV 7067 kb)

Shows that the obstruction is caused by floppy and omega shaped epiglottis (WMV 4282 kb)

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Shams, M., AlTaweel, H. (2021). Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In: Al-Qahtani, A., Haidar, H., Larem, A. (eds) Textbook of Clinical Otolaryngology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54088-3_51

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