(1) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(2) Eight men who were regular heavy snorers were monitored while awake and during nocturnal sleep.
(3) To determine its predictive value, polysomnography was performed on 14 snorers with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) before and 3 months after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP).
(4) My study indicates that snoring may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, possibly because of the higher prevalence of an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among snorers than nonsnorers.
(5) On the basis of these results, it would appear that isradipine is more suitable than metoprolol for the treatment of hypertension in patients who are habitual snorers.
(6) From December 1988 to July 1990, 31 snorers have been treated by LVPP and have been cured or, at least, improved in their snoring.
(7) We have visually shown an increase in pharyngeal size with the use of nasal CPAP in a cohort of heavy snorers.
(8) Cephalometry is often used to assess patients with sleep apnoea but whether these measurements differ from those in non-apnoeic snorers and how they are influenced by age is not clear.
(9) The prevalence of heart disease and other conditions, except for diabetes and asthma, also increased in snorers in this age group.
(10) Forty-five habitual snorers (mean respiratory disturbance index = 6) and 22 patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (mean respiratory disturbance index = 36) were examined by polysomnography, radiocephalometry, rhinomanometry, nasopharyngeal videoendoscopy, and acoustic rhinometry.
(11) Patients with OSA have been heavy snorers for years and even decades.
(12) This study shows that non-apnoeic snorers have cephalometric abnormalities that differ from those of patients with sleep apnoea and that cephalometric values are influenced by the subject's age.
(13) CPAP was proposed to all OSA patients but only to those snorers who felt improved after an initial laboratory night on CPAP.
(14) Together these account for at least a sixfold variation in the likelihood of being an "often" snorer.
(15) In 116 of them, an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) above 10--defined as the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)--was found; the other 75 subjects had an AHI lower than 10 and were classified as habitual snorers (HSN).
(16) 118 Children were habitual snorers and 137 were reported to snore apart from when they had colds.
(17) For hypertension both men and women who snored between the fifth and 10th decades had a twofold increase over non-snorers.
(18) In selected snorers, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty results in improvement in snoring with a concomitant increase in pharyngeal area and a tendency toward lower pharyngeal collapsibility.
(19) There were no cases of stroke among the non-snorers.
(20) Personal results in a population of obese heavy snorers are summarized.