OSA guidelines 2015 Flashcards
Clinical triad for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Chronic snoring
- Witnessed apneas
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
Symptom with greatest specificity for OSA
Witnessed apneas
Symptom that marks clinical intensity of OSA
Excessive daytime sleepiness
The clinically relevant OSA symptom most responsive to treatment.
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Its presence, unexplained by evident circumstances, is sufficient even in the absence of other symptoms or signs to carry out a sleep study for diagnosis.
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Patients at High Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) who must be Evaluated for OSA Symptoms
- (Morbid) Obesity (BMI ≥ 35; *BMI ≥30 for Asians)
- Congestive heart failure or cardiac insufficiency Refractory hypertension
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
- Nocturnal dysrhythmias or atrial fibrillation
- Stroke
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Individuals at high risk for accidents such as long haul drivers, pilots Preoperative for bariatric surgery
- Chronic respiratory diseases with greater hypoxemia or hypercarbia deterioration than (clinically) expected
Physical findings suggestive of the presence of OSA
- Increased neck circumference (M: >17 in., F >16) BMI ≥ 30 (*BMI ≥ 27.5 for Asians)
- Modified Mallampati score of 3 or 4
- Retrognathia
- Lateral peritonsillar narrowing
- Macroglossia
- Tonsillar hypertrophy/ elongated/enlarged uvula
- High arched/narrow hard palate
- Overjet defined as the extent of horizontal overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors)
- Nasal abnormalities such as septal deviation, nasal polyps, congestion or enlargement of turbinates
When should OSA screening be done?
- During routine health maintenance evaluation
- Routinely, among patients for pre-operative evaluation
- In populations where OSA poses a public health hazard (e.g. Public utility drivers, long haul drivers, pilots)
Questionnaire used in predicting risk for OSA
The Berlin Questionnaire
Questionnaire used for OSA screening in surgical patients
STOP-BANG
Questionnaire used for monitoring symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness
Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
Gold standard for Diagnosing OSA
Polysomnogram
19-item questionnaire that quantifies subjective sleep quality over the past month
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score threshold for poor sleep quality
> 5
OSA screening tool in an elderly population
Multivariate Apnea Prediction Questionnaire
Most useful in predicting risk for OSA.
Berlin Questionnaire
Questionnaire with highest internal validity
STOP and STOP-Bang questionnaires
Alternative to Polysomnogram
The use of Portable Monitors (at least type 3) for diagnostic testing in patients suspected of OSA provided all of the following conditions are met:
High risk for moderate to severe OSA
Do not have serious co-morbidities
Other sleep disorders are not a consideration, and
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Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT)
Diagnosis of OSA using Polysomnogram
(GOLD STANDARD)
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>5 obstructive events per hour in patients with
-symptoms
-comorbidities
OR
- >15 events/hour even in the absence of sleep related symptoms
Diagnosis of OSA using portable monitor
- >5 obstructive events per hour in patients with symptoms
- >15 events/hour even in the absence of sleep related symptoms
The sum of the 3 types of obstructive events that include apneas, hypopneas, and respiratory event related arousals (RERAs) divided by the total sleep time.
Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI)
The sum of apneas and hypopneas divided by the total sleep time.
Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI)
Respiratory event where both of the following criteria are met
1. There is a drop in the peak signal excursion by ≥90% of pre-event baseline using an oronasal thermal sensor (diagnostic study), PAP device flow (titration study) or an alternative apnea sensor (diagnostic study).
2. The duration of the ≥90% drop in sensor signal is ≥10 seconds
Apnea