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SUBMITTER: Lo YL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4543245 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lo Yu-Lun YL Ni Yung-Lun YL Wang Tsai-Yu TY Lin Ting-Yu TY Li Hsueh-Yu HY White David P DP Lin Jr-Rung JR Kuo Han-Pin HP
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 20150915 9
<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the effect of sedation depth on drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE).<h4>Methods</h4>Ninety patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and 18 snorers underwent polysomnography and DISE under bispectral index (BIS)-guided propofol infusion at two different sedation levels: BIS 65-75 (light sedation) and 50-60 (deep sedation).<h4>Results</h4>For the patients with OSA, the percentages of velopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx obstructions under light sedation ...[more]