title: [Clinical value of polymesam recording in diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. Can we replace polysomnography with polymesam?].
abstract: Polymesam (PM) recordings was performed in 320 patients admitted to Sleep Laboratory with suspicion of OSA. OSA was diagnosed in 179 of them (55.9%), group (PM-Ch). These patients were obese (BMI--34.3 +/- 6.7 kg/m2) and had moderately-severe OSA (RDI--41.5 +/- 19.9 and ODI--43.7 +/- 21.5). They suffered from excessive daytime sleepiness (ESS = 12.2 +/- 5.5). PM was negative in 141 person (44.1%), (PM-Z). Subjects PM-Z had significantly lower BMI and rarely suffered from excessive daytime sleepiness. In 38 subjects PM-Z a full PSG was performed. In 12 PSG confirmed OSA (AHI--31.6 +/- 19.9). Both studies (PM and PSG) were negative in 26 subjects. In 10 obese subjects PM-Ch full PSG confirmed diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PM recording can replace full PSG in majority of patients suspected of OSA. Patients with typical symptoms of OSA and negative PM require PSG.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Płuc Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pływaczewski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bednarek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jonczak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zieliński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Ocena kliniczna ograniczonego badania aparatem Polymesam w rozpoznawaniu obturacy jnego bezdechu sennego. Czy polisomnografie mozna zastapić badaniem polymesam?