Hypoxic Burden Reduction After Lateral Pharyngoplasty in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Beyond the Apnea-Hypopnea Index
The take-home point: this paper doesn't alter who is offered palate surgery or Inspire. What it adds is a fuller way to describe results and to counsel patients afterward. Keep the headline in mind. Whole-night hypoxic burden fell to about a third of baseline. The median went from ninety-seven point one to thirty-five percent-minutes per hour. The decision it touches is how to read a sleep study labeled a Sher failure. An AHI-only label may undersell what happened to the patient's oxygen. So after palate surgery, it's reasonable to look at hypoxic burden alongside the AHI. If you do, use the…
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