title: [Sleep apnea syndrome : multidisciplinary management. Apropos of a preliminary experience].
abstract: The authors describe a multidisciplinary approach for patients with sleep apnea syndrome. During the first year 40 patients with obstructive sleep apnea documented by polysomnographic recordings were managed. Therapy proposed to the patient included weight loss and abstention from sedatives at night as sole treatment (n = 12) or, more often, combined with nasal and/or throat surgery (n = 21) or nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) during sleep (n = 7). NCPAP was by far the most effective in reversing apneas but in view of its cost for the patient and its constraining aspects was proposed solely to those patients with the most severe apnea syndromes.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noseda
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kempenaers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerkhofs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hassid
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maesen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ermens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Linkowski
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yernault
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000601:surgery; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives
vernacular_title: Syndrome d'apnées du sommeil: prise en charge multidisciplinaire. A propos d'une expérience préliminaire.