OSA: Management Flashcards
Treatment Options
- Conservative Tx
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP)
- Surgery
- Oral Appliances
Conserative Tx:
- Lose Weight
- Nasal Dilator Strips
- Nasal Decongestants/Topical Corticosteroids
- Sleep on Side
- Avoid Alcohol, Sedatives, Muscle relaxers
- Stop Smoking
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Positive Airway Pressure (PAP)
- Gold Standard
- Maintains Patent Upper Airway during sleep
- Prevents soft tissue collapse
Types:
* Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
* Automatic Positive Airway Pressure (APAP)
* Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure (Bi-PAP)
CPAP: Adverse Effects
- Suffocation or Claustrophobia sensation
- Can’t Sleep
- Dry Mouth and Nose
- Sore throat
- Mask issues: Skin abrasions, rash, nasal congestion
- Ear Pain, TMD
- Alot when traveling
Surgery for OSA: indications
- Conservative tx not effective/tolerable
- Abnormal tissue structure causes OSA
Surgery Types for OSA
- Tracheostomy
- Tonsillectomy
- Adenoidectomy
- Nasal Septoplasty
- Turbinate Reduction
- UPPP
- LAUP
- GAHMS
- Tongue base reduction
- MMO (maxillary & mandibular osteotomy)
- Bariatric surgery
Oral Appliances
- 70 commercially avaible; only 30 FDA approved
Two types:
1. Mandibular Advancement Devices (MAD):
* reposition/maintain mandible and tongue in forward position
2. Tongue Retainers
* hold tongue in forward position by suction
* do not affect mandible or teeth
Oral Appliance: Indications
- Primary Snoring
- Mild (AHI: 5-15) to Moderate (AHI: 15-30) OSA who:
* Prefer OAs to CPAP
* Do not respond to CPAP
* Not a candidate for CPAP
3.. Severe OSA (AHI>30) who failed w/CPAP
What are some of the common oral appliances?
Adjustable
* PM positioner
* Herbst
* Klearway
Non Adjustable
* Elastomeric
* Clasp retained
* OSAP
Tongue Retainers
* Snorex
* aveoTRD
* MpoweRx
Mandibular Advancement Devices (MAD)
- Custome made or Prefabricate(off the shelf boil and bite type)
- Silicone
- Acrylic Resin
upper and lower splints
* cover dental arch
* rigid, non-adjustable (monoblock)
* attached by rod, wire, strap, hook or screw assembly-> can adjust device
Combination Apppliances
PAP + MAD
* Tap Pap
* OPAP
Tongue Retainers
- Soft, medical grade silicone
- bulb or sleeve shape
- Tongue inserted into bulb; bulb squeezed and release to create suction->hold tongue in place
- Stays in place by guids, extensions, or frame that is outside the lip
Management of OSA: How is success defined?
Improved Symptoms:
* reduce snoring
* wake up more rested
* Less sleepy during day
Reduce AHI 50% from baseline
Normal Oxygen saturaiton
Efficacy of oral appliances: Success rates
Success Rates:
* uncontrolled studies: Mild OSA=75%, Severe=40%
* 1 year success rate: 54%
Compliance w/MADs
64% still use device
Stop using bc:
* Uncomfortable
* no benefit
* switched to CPAP
* side effects: dry mouth, tooth/jaw pain