OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND CHRONIC DISEASES
1Jandarma Anıttepe Dispanseri, KBB, Ankara, Türkiye2Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi KBB Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye Objective: To determine obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) togetherness with chronic diseases in patients who complain of snoring.
Material and Methods: Besides sleep related breathing disorders and snoring, the chronic diseases are asked to the patients in the medical history and presence of chronic diseases confirmed with the drugs that patients used. Then all patients underwent polisomnographic evaluation. After that, patients are divided in to four groups according to the AHI.
Results: 213 patients were men and 51 were women. Of 264 patients, 133 patients were simple snorers, 66 patients were mild OSA, 40 patients were moderate OSA and 25 patients were severe OSA according to the results of polisomnographic evaluation. 45 (33,8%) of simple snorers, 23(34,8%) of mild OSA, 17(42,5%) of moderate OSA, 14(56%) of severe OSA patients had one or more chronic disease according to the medical history.
Conclusion: As the severity of OSA increased, the prevalence of cardiac disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increased.
Keywords : Snoring; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, Chronic Disease