Hypoxic burden in obstructive sleep apnea: present and future

MA Martinez-Garcia, M Sánchez-de-la-Torre… - Archivos de …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional measures of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity, such as the apnea-
hypopnea index (AHI) and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) are commonly used to quantify …

A review of current tools used for evaluating the severity of obstructive sleep apnea

W Cao, J Luo, Y Xiao - Nature and Science of Sleep, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common and heterogeneous disease characterized by
episodic collapse within the upper airways, which leads to reduced ventilation and adverse …

The correlation between oxygen saturation indices and the standard obstructive sleep apnea severity

SO Wali, B Abaalkhail, I AlQassas… - Annals of thoracic …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Currently accepted guidelines categorize obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
severity according to the Apnea–Hypopnea Index (AHI). However, it is unclear how to best …

A novel parameter is better than the AHI to assess nocturnal hypoxaemia and excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea

C Ma, Y Zhang, J Liu, G Sun - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
To evaluate whether the percentage of total sleep time spent with apnoea and hypopnoea
duration time (AHT%) is better than the apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) for the assessment …

Nocturnal hypoxemia biomarker predicts sleepiness in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea

A Uysal, C Liendo, DE McCarty, PY Kim, C Paxson… - Sleep and …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose This study aims to assess the association between excessive daytime sleepiness
(EDS) and variables extracted from the pulse-oximetry signal obtained during overnight …

Defining common outcome metrics used in obstructive sleep apnea

BA Al-Shawwa, AN Badi, AN Goldberg… - Sleep medicine …, 2008 - Elsevier
Sleep-disordered breathing a spectrum that ranges from snoring through disorder of
increased airway resistance, to overt sleep apnea affects many clinical disease outcomes …

Ventilatory burden as a measure of obstructive sleep apnea severity is predictive of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality

A Parekh, K Kam, S Wickramaratne… - American Journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The apnea–hypopnea index (AHI), used for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep
apnea, captures only the frequency of respiratory events and has demonstrable limitations …

The value of oxygen desaturation index for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review

NHA Rashid, S Zaghi, M Scapuccin… - The …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Intermittent hypoxemia is a risk factor for developing complications in obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) patients. The objective of this systematic review was to identify articles …

Do T90 and SaO2 nadir identify a different phenotype in obstructive sleep apnea?

G Labarca, J Campos, K Thibaut, J Dreyse… - Sleep and …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is commonly based upon the apnea-
hypopnea index (AHI). However, patients with similar AHIs may demonstrate widely varying …

Severity of desaturations reflects OSA-related daytime sleepiness better than AHI

S Kainulainen, J Töyräs, A Oksenberg… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: The aim was to investigate how the severity of apneas, hypopneas, and
related desaturations is associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)-related daytime …