title: The value of sedation nasendoscopy: a comparison between snoring and non-snoring patients.
abstract: Sedation or sleep nasendoscopy is a widely-used investigation in snorers presenting to otolaryngologists in the UK, despite its non-physiological basis. The presence or absence of snoring and its site of generation were compared between a group of 205 snorers and another of 126 non-snorers. Snoring was produced at nasendoscopy in 45.3% of non-snorers but could not be produced in 18.1% of snorers. There was no significant difference in the site of sound production between the two groups and although the noise produced by the non-snoring group was quieter, this difference was not significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marais
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015742:Propofol; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012913:Snoring / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D015742:Propofol