• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.82-88
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• 2011

Mandibular advancement devices (MAD) are therapeutic options for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The aim of study was to investigate treatment outcomes of before and after insertion of MAD in OSA patients. We retrospectively selected a total of 13 patients who were diagnosed with OSA syndrome. All sleep-related parameters including apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen desaturation index (ODI), wake after sleep onset (WASO), total arousal were measured by before and after MAD. The use of MAD proves to be efficient in reducing snoring, apnea-hypopne index ($17.2{\pm}14.6$ vs $20.9{\pm}14.6$), WASO ($27.4{\pm}28.8$ vs $47.9{\pm}43.6$), oxygen desaturation index ($9.0{\pm}11.6$ vs $16.4{\pm}11.7$), stage N3 ($54.8{\pm}45.2$ vs $36.6{\pm}22.0$), REM sleep times ($73.3{\pm}19.4$ vs $66.0{\pm}31.0$) and increases sleep efficiency ($92.6{\pm}6.6$ vs $87.2{\pm}11.2$). The decreases in apnea index based on a reduction in the overall and supine AHI values after MAD therapy were significantly greater for the positional OSA than nonpositional OSA patients. The use of MAD proves to be efficient in snoring, WASO, sleep efficiency, reduced AHI and associated with good compliance of patients.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2020

Objectives: This case report intended to examine how herbal medicine treatment for breathingrelated sleep disorders applied with polysomnography affected the structure of sleep. Methods: From January to November 2019, we retrospectively reviewed the progress records and polysomnography reports of patients who visited Korean medical hospitals in Daejeon and Cheonan. Results: In case 1, the patient complained of daytime sleepiness and snoring and was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea disorder and treated with Ukgan-san-gami. There were significant changes in the polysomnographic parameters, such as sleep efficiency, waking after sleep onset, sleep latency, the total arousal index, and the apnea-hypopnea index after herbal treatment. In case 2, the patient complained of frequent waking after sleep onset, daytime sleepiness, and snoring, and was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea disorder and treated with Yeoldahanso-tang-gami. There were significant changes in the polysomnographic parameters, such as the total arousal index and the apnea-hypopnea index after herbal treatment. In case 3, the patient complained of daytime sleepiness and was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea disorder and treated with Bangpungtongsung-san. There was no significant change in the polysomnographic parameters after herbal treatment. Conclusions: It is meaningful to note that objectively identifying the outcome of treatment for breathing-related sleep disorders is necessary in the clinical practice of Korean medicine.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.22-26
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• 2012

목 적 : 체위성 수면무호흡은 폐쇄성수면무호흡증으로 진단된 환자에서 앙와위 수면시 apnea-hypopnea index(AHI)가 비앙와위 수면시 AHI에 비해 2배 이상인 경우로 정의하며, 일반적으로 전체 폐쇄성수면무호흡 환자의 56%로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 수면 클리닉을 방문하여 폐쇄성수면무호흡을 진단 받은 환자 중 체위성 수면무호흡의 발생빈도를 알아보고, 체위 의존성에 따른 수면무호흡의 임상 소견 및 수면다원검사를 비교 분석하였다. 방 법 : 코골이 및 목격되는 무호흡으로 내원하여 AHI가 5 이상이면서 앙와위 및 비앙와위 수면 시간이 15분 이상이고, 앙와위 시 AHI가 비앙와위시 AHI에 비하여 2배 이상인 경우를 체위성 수면무호흡으로, 그렇지 않은 경우를 비체위성 수면무호흡으로 분류하였다. 체위 의존성 여부에 따라 인구학적 특성과 수면다원검사에서 나타난 수면 변인 및 호흡 변인을 분석하였다. 결 과 : 폐쇄성수면무호흡으로 진단된 101명 중에서 체위성 수면무호흡 환자는 76명(75.2%), 비체위성 수면무호흡 환자는 25명(24.8%)이었다. 폐쇄성수면무호흡의 중증도별로 체위성 수면무호흡의 유무에 따라 발생빈도가 통계적으로 유의하게 차이가 있었으며, 특히 비체위성 수면무호흡 환자군에서는 중증 환자의 비율이 높았다. 비체위성 수면무호흡환자군이 체위성 환자군에 비하여 체중, 허리둘레, 엉덩이 둘레, 허리-엉덩이 둘레비, 체질량 지수 및 목둘레가 유의하게 더 높았다. 수면다원검사상에서는 체위성 수면무호흡군에서 비교적 수면구조가 잘 유지되었으며 주관적인 졸림도 덜하였다. 비체위성 수면무호흡군에서 체위성 수면무호흡군에 비해 평균산소포화도 및 최저산소포화도가 유의하게 낮았으며 AHI는 통계적으로 유의하게 더 높았다. 결 론 : 폐쇄성수면무호흡 환자중 체위성 수면무호흡 환자의 비율은 75% 정도였으며, 비체위성 수면무호흡 환자에 비해 체위성 수면무호흡 환자는 비만도가 덜 하고 경증 및 중등도의 폐쇄성수면무호흡의 양상을 보이는 것으로 관찰되었다.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2015

목 적 : 폐쇄성 수면무호흡 증후군(obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, 이하 OSAS)의 특징적 임상양상으로 주간졸림이 있다. 주간졸림과 수면무호흡의 심각도가 비례하는지에 대해서는 이론이 있다. 이러한 이론에는 불면증 정도가 두 변수의 상관관계에 영향을 줄 수 있다는 가정하에 본 연구자들은 피츠버그수면질지수(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, 이하 PSQI) 정도가 주간졸림과 수면무호흡의 심각도의 연관관계에 어떠한 영향을 주는 지에 관해 연구하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 임상병력 및 야간수면다원검사(nocturnal polysomnography, 이하 NPSG)를 실시하여 OSAS로 진단된 235명의 남자 환자를 선정하였다. 전체 대상군의 수면 및 기분 관련 자가보고척도, 수면다원검사지수, 인구학적 척도를 조사하고 이들 사이의 단순상관분석을 시행하였다. 이후 전체 대상군을 PSQI가 5 이하인 A군(n = 75)과 5 초과인 B군(n = 160)으로 나누었다. 각 군에서 제어변수로 벡우울척도(Beck depression inventory, 이하 BDI) 및 벡불안척도(Beck anxiety inventory, 이하 BAI)를 설정하고 엡워스졸림척도(Epworth sleepiness scale, 이하 ESS)와 다른 척도들 간의 편상관관계분석을 시행하였다. 마지막으로 A군에서 주간졸림에 영향을 주는 요소를 알아보기 위해 ESS에 대해 다중회귀분석을 시행하였다. 결 과 : 전체 대상군에서 단순상관분석에서는 ESS와 수면무호흡 심각도 지수들인 무호흡-저호흡 지수(apnea-hypopnea index, 이하 AHI ) (r = 0.148, p = 0.023), 무호흡 지수(apnea index, 이하 AI) (r = 0.137, p = 0.036), 저호흡 지수(hypopnea index, 이하 HI) (r = 0.058, p = 0.377), 산소탈포화도지수(oxygen desaturation index, 이하 ODI)(r = 0.149, p = 0.022), 각성 총지수(arousal total index, 이하 ATI) (r = 0.129, p = 0.048) 간에 미약한 상관관계를 보이거나 상관관계가 없었다. A군에서 ESS와 AHI ($r_p=0.313$, p = 0.008), AI ($r_p=0.339$, p = 0.004), ODI ($r_p=0.289$, p = 0.015), ATI ($r_p=0.256$, p = 0.031) 간에 양의 유의한 상관관계를 보였다. B군에서는 ESS와 수면무호흡의 심각도 척도 간에 유의한 상관관계를 보이지 않았다. A군에서 다중회귀분석 결과 ESS에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 끼치는 요인으로 AI (t = 2.996, p = 0.004), BAI (t = 2.721, p = 0.008)가 있었다. 결 론 : 주간졸림 정도와 수면무호흡 중증도 간의 유의한 연관성은 A군에서만 관찰되었다. 이 결과는 OSAS 환자가 호소하는 주간졸음을 평가할 때 불면 증상에 대해 고려해야 한다는 것을 시사한다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.132-136
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• 2019

This study proposes an auto-titrating algorithm for auto-titrating positive airway pressure (APAP). The process of the proposed algorithm is as follows. First, sleep apnea-hypopnea and snoring events were detected using nasal pressure. Second, APAP base pressure and SDB events were used for automatic titration of optimal pressure. And, auto-titrating algorithm is built into M3 (MEK-ICS CO. Ltd., Republic of Korea) for evaluation. The detection results of SDB showed mean sensitivity (Sen.) and positive predictive value (PPV.) of 85.7% and 87.8%, respectively. The mean pressure and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of auto-titrating algorithm showed $13.0{\pm}5.2cmH_2O$ and $3.0{\pm}2.4$ events/h, respectively. And, paired t-test was conducted to verify whether the performance of our algorithm has no significant difference with AutoSet S9 (p>0.05). These results represent better or comparable outcomes compared to those of previous APAP devices.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.178-183
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• 2010

Obstructive Sleep Apnea(OSA) is a form of sleep disordered breathing(SDB) characterized by the occurrence of episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction during sleep that is often quantified as the apnea-hyponea index(AHI). It is increasingly being recognized that OSA is a public health hazard and there is increasing evidence that it is associated with an increase in morbidity. Early recognition and diagnosis of this condition may lead to earlier treatments (eg, CPAP, Oral appliances) with reduction of the risk of metabolic disease, cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias and pulmonary hypertension.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2013

This paper proposes a new algorithm for sleep apnea detection based on stroke volume. It is very important to detect sleep apnea since it is a common and serious sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). In the previous studies, methods for sleep apnea detection using heart rate variability, airflow and blood oxygen saturation, tracheal sound have been proposed, but a method using stroke volume has not been studied. The proposed algorithm consists of detection of characteristic points in continuous blood pressure signal, estimation of stroke volume and detection of sleep apnea. To evaluate the performance of algorithm, the MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database provided by Phsio- Net was used. As a result, the sensitivity of 85.99%, the specificity of 72.69%, and the accuracy of 84.34%, on the average were obtained. The proposed method showed comparable or higher performance compared with previous methods.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2009

목 적: 천식에서 수면무호흡증이 흔하다고 알려져 왔으나 야간 수면다원검사를 이용한 체계적인 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 본 연구의 성격은 천식 환아들에서 수면 중 무호흡-저호흡지수와 폐기능과의 연관성을 밝히기 위한 예비연구이다. 방 법: 천식으로 진단받은 19명의 남아와 12명의 여아들을 대상으로 하였으며 대상자들의 연령은 평균 8.2세였다. 야간 수면다원검사와 폐기능검사가 대상자들에게 시행되었다. 결 과: 31명의 천식 환아들 중에 21명(67.7%)이 소아의 수면무호흡증의 진단기준을 만족하였고, 평균 무호흡-저호흡지수는 시간당 1.7회였다. 무호흡-저호흡지수가 높을수록 폐기능이 저하되는 소견을 보였다($FEV_1$/FVC ratio: p=0.002, $FEV_1$%pred: p=0.047). 결 론: 본 연구의 결과는 소아 천식 환아들에서 수면무호흡증의 빈도가 매우 높을 가능성이 있으며 수면무호흡증의 중증도와 폐기능의 정도가 연관성이 있다는 것을 제시한다. 그러나, 향후 대조군과 천식군의 비교연구를 통하여 이에 대한 확인이 필요하다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.141-146
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• 2007

Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) is a disorder characterized by the repetitive collapse of the pharyngeal airway during sleep, which leads to oxygen desaturation, sleep fragmentation, daytime sleepiness, and increased risk for hypertension and stroke. We investigated the clinical factors related to the severity of OSAHS. Polysomnography was performed in three hundred and ninety five consecutive adult patients with clinical symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. All patients completed the sleep questionnaire and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale before polysomnography. Patients were classified into four groups based on the severity of their polysomnographic data: Non-OSA group, characterized by Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) < 5; mild OSA group, by AHI 5-15; moderate OSA group, by AHI 16-30; and severe OSA group, by AHI > 30. Neck circumference was also measured at the cricothyroid level. A total of 395 patients (336 men and 59 women) were studied. In the non-OSA group, there were 55 patients; their mean neck circumference was $39.63{\pm}4.24cm$ and mean BMI was $24.48{\pm}3.53$. In the mild group, there were 101 patients; their mean neck circumference was $41.93{\pm}3.75cm$ and mean BMI was $25.33{\pm}2.94$. In the moderated group, there were 93 patients; their mean neck circumference was $43.27{\pm}3.50cm$ and BMI was $25.90{\pm}2.88$. In the severe group, there were 146 patients; their mean neck circumference was $44.94{\pm}3.93cm$ and mean BMI was $26.81{\pm}3.76$. Men had significantly larger neck circumference than women ($Mean{\pm}SD$, $43.72{\pm}3.83$ vs $39.17{\pm}4.30$, p < 0.001), and higher AHI than women ($29.12{\pm}22.65$ vs $14.63{\pm}14.11$, p < 0.001). Multiple regression analysis revealed that neck circumference was the most significant predictor of AHI. Neck circumference and BMI were positively correlated with the severity of OSAHS. The severity of OSAHS was greater in men than in women.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to analyze acupuncture treatment methods and acupoints used to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or obstructive sleep apnea-hypoapnea syndrome (OSAHS). The data were retrieved from January 2010 to May 2022 from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database. The search terms included "adult," "obstructive sleep apnea," "obstructive sleep apnea hypoapnea syndrome," "acupuncture," and "electro-acupuncture." Clinical trials for acupuncture treatment of OSA or OSAHS were included in this review (4 non-randomized controlled studies, 1 was a case report, and 10 randomized controlled studies). For OSA and OSAHS treatment, the acupoints that were most frequently used included REN23, LU7, ST40, EX9, LI11, and DU20. Compared with the control or Western treatment group, the treatment outcome measures of participants in the acupuncture treatment group significantly improved. In some studies, participants in the acupuncture group did not have side effects and the treatment was cost-effective. The data analyzed in this review suggest that acupuncture is an effective treatment for OSA or OSAHS.