Rama Anil N, Tekwani Shivan H, Kushida Clete A
Stanford University Center of Excellence for Sleep Disorders, 401 Quarry Road, Suite 3301, Stanford, CA 94305-5730, USA.
Chest. 2002 Oct;122(4):1139-47. doi: 10.1378/chest.122.4.1139.
The aim of this article was to identify the most common sites of obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by a systematic review of published studies.
The review was conducted by a MEDLINE search of the English literature published during the years 1980 to 2002. The inclusion criteria were experiments involving five or more adult subjects, total rather than partial obstruction or narrowing of the upper airway, and techniques that were performed on the subjects while they were asleep.
Although there was considerable variability in the techniques and the results, the most common site of obstruction detected by these studies was at the level of the oropharynx, with extension to the laryngopharynx commonly observed.
本文旨在通过对已发表研究的系统综述，确定阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）患者最常见的梗阻部位。
通过对1980年至2002年期间发表的英文文献进行医学文献数据库（MEDLINE）检索来开展该综述。纳入标准为涉及五名或更多成年受试者的实验、上气道完全而非部分梗阻或狭窄，以及在受试者睡眠期间对其进行的技术操作。
尽管技术和结果存在相当大的差异，但这些研究检测到的最常见梗阻部位是口咽部水平，通常可延伸至喉咽部。
