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Drug-induced sleep endoscopy in the identification of obstruction sites in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review Please cite this article as: Viana Jr. AC, Thuler LCS, Araújo-Melo MH. Drug-induced sleep endoscopy in the identification of obstruction sites in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2015;81:439-46. ☆☆ ☆☆ Institution: Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

INTRODUCTION:

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome has multifactorial causes. Although indications for surgery are evaluated by well-known diagnostic tests in the awake state, these do not always correlate with satisfactory surgical results.

OBJECTIVE:

To undertake a systematic review on endoscopy during sleep, as one element of the diagnosis routine, aiming to identify upper airway obstruction sites in adult patients with OSAS.

METHODS:

By means of electronic databases, a systematic review was performed of studies using drug-induced sleep endoscopy to identify obstruction sites in patients with OSAS.

RESULTS:

Ten articles were selected that demonstrated the importance of identifying multilevel obstruction, especially in relation to retrolingual and laryngeal collapse in OSAS.

CONCLUSION:

DISE is an additional method to reveal obstruction sites that have not been detected in awake patients.

Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep disorders; Sleep; Sleep medicine specialty; Snoring; Endoscopy


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