Retrognathia and Sleep Apnea
- 11 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 237 (15), 1596-1597
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1977.03270420064019
Abstract
The association of sleep apnea with daytime hypersomnolence without obesity, and its potentially lethal cardiopulmonary sequelae, make it crucial that this condition be distinguished from narcolepsy. A patient with retrognathia who had been diagnosed as a narcoleptic for 15 years had the primary complaint of excessive daytime sleepiness. Sleep laboratory evaluation showed severe hypoxemia and a mean of 366 upper airway obstructions per night. The patient was treated with a tracheotomy; this resulted in relief of the sleep-related upper airway obstructions, hypoxemia, and hypersomnolence. (JAMA237:1596-1597, 1977)Keywords
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