title: Normal non-regular snores as a tool for screening SAHS severity.
abstract: Snoring is one of the earliest and most consistent sign of upper airway obstruction leading to Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (SAHS). Several studies on post-apneic snores, snores that are emitted immediately after an apnea, have already proven that this type of snoring is most distinct from that of normal snoring. However, post-apneic snores are more unlikely and sometimes even inexistent in simple snorers and mild SAHS subjects. In this work we address that issue by proposing the study of normal non-regular snores. They correspond to successive snores that are separated by normal breathing cycles. The results obtained establish the feasibility of acoustic parameters of normal non-regular snores as a promising tool for a prompt screening of SAHS severity.
authors.affiliation: Dept ESAII, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya and CIBER de Bioengenieria, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina Baldiri Reixac, 4 Torre I, 9 floor, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. jmgil@ibec.pcb.ub.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fiz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sola-Soler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jané
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012913:Snoring