TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in upper airway resistance during progressive normocapnic hypoxia in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
AU - TAFIL‐KLAWE, MALGORZATA
AU - KLAWE, J. J.
AU - GROTE, L.
AU - SCHNEIDER, H.
AU - PETER, J. H.
AU - ŚMIETANOWSKI, M.
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - SUMMARY The responses of the upper airway to progressive normocapnic hypoxia were studied in 6 healthy men and in 6 patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). The upper airway resistance was calculated by the ratio of the laryngeal pressure (measured using a catheter introduced into oesophagus) to the inspiratory flow. Additionally, genioglossal EMG activity (GG‐EMG) was measured and analysed. The changes of all variables were analysed individually for each subject. The OSAS patients showed reduced ventilatory response, GG‐reactivity and changes in upper airway resistance during progressive hypoxia. It is concluded that impaired reactivity to hypoxic activation (probably due to the process of adaptation of carotid chemoreceptors to nocturnal hypoxia), might reduce the defence abilities of OSAS patients against episodes of obturation in upper airway and obstructive apnoea events.
AB - SUMMARY The responses of the upper airway to progressive normocapnic hypoxia were studied in 6 healthy men and in 6 patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). The upper airway resistance was calculated by the ratio of the laryngeal pressure (measured using a catheter introduced into oesophagus) to the inspiratory flow. Additionally, genioglossal EMG activity (GG‐EMG) was measured and analysed. The changes of all variables were analysed individually for each subject. The OSAS patients showed reduced ventilatory response, GG‐reactivity and changes in upper airway resistance during progressive hypoxia. It is concluded that impaired reactivity to hypoxic activation (probably due to the process of adaptation of carotid chemoreceptors to nocturnal hypoxia), might reduce the defence abilities of OSAS patients against episodes of obturation in upper airway and obstructive apnoea events.
KW - genioglossal muscle activity
KW - obstructive sleep apnoea
KW - upper airway resistance
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1995.tb00217.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1995.tb00217.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029057162
SN - 0962-1105
VL - 4
SP - 208
EP - 213
JO - Journal of Sleep Research
JF - Journal of Sleep Research
ER -