Mesquita J, Fiz J A, Sola-Soler J, Morera J, Jané R
Dept ESAII, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya and CIBER de Bioengenieria, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina Baldiri Reixac, 4 Torre I, 9 floor, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011;2011:3197-200. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090870.
Snoring is one of the earliest and most consistent sign of upper airway obstruction leading to Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (SAHS). Several studies on post-apneic snores, snores that are emitted immediately after an apnea, have already proven that this type of snoring is most distinct from that of normal snoring. However, post-apneic snores are more unlikely and sometimes even inexistent in simple snorers and mild SAHS subjects. In this work we address that issue by proposing the study of normal non-regular snores. They correspond to successive snores that are separated by normal breathing cycles. The results obtained establish the feasibility of acoustic parameters of normal non-regular snores as a promising tool for a prompt screening of SAHS severity.
打鼾是导致睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征（SAHS）的上气道阻塞最早且最常见的迹象之一。多项关于呼吸暂停后鼾声（即呼吸暂停后立即发出的鼾声）的研究已经证明，这种类型的鼾声与正常鼾声截然不同。然而，单纯打鼾者和轻度SAHS患者出现呼吸暂停后鼾声的可能性较小，有时甚至不存在。在这项研究中，我们通过对正常不规则鼾声的研究来解决这个问题。正常不规则鼾声是指被正常呼吸周期隔开的连续鼾声。所获得的结果证实，正常不规则鼾声的声学参数作为一种快速筛查SAHS严重程度的有前景的工具具有可行性。
