Menon Akshay, Kumar Manoj
Cortland ENT and Sleep Lab, Cortland, NY 13045, USA.
ISRN Otolaryngol. 2013 Oct 8;2013:670381. doi: 10.1155/2013/670381.
Aim. The aim of this review is to determine the relationship between sleeping body posture and severity of obstructive sleep apnea. This relationship has been investigated in the past. However, the conclusions derived from some of these studies are conflicting with each other. This paper intends to summarize the reported relationships between sleep posture and various sleep indices in patients diagnosed with sleep apnea. Methods and Materials. A systematic review of the published English literature during a 25-year period from 1983 to 2008 was performed. Results. Published data concerning the sleep apnea severity and posture in adults are limited. Supine sleep posture is consistently associated with more severe obstructive sleep apnea indices in adults. However, relationship between sleep apnea severity indices and prone posture is inconsistent.
目的。本综述的目的是确定睡眠时的身体姿势与阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停严重程度之间的关系。过去已经对这种关系进行了研究。然而,其中一些研究得出的结论相互矛盾。本文旨在总结已报道的睡眠呼吸暂停患者睡眠姿势与各种睡眠指标之间的关系。方法与材料。对1983年至2008年25年间发表的英文文献进行了系统综述。结果。关于成人睡眠呼吸暂停严重程度与姿势的已发表数据有限。仰卧睡眠姿势一直与成人更严重的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停指标相关。然而,睡眠呼吸暂停严重程度指标与俯卧姿势之间的关系并不一致。