MRI sleep studies: use of positive airway pressure support in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Maintaining the patency of the upper airway during MRI sleep studies, without an artificial airway placement in sedated or anesthetized patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major challenge. We report two cases in which a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was used instead of artificial airway to allow interpretation of the dynamic component of the study.
Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Robert J
RJ
Fleck
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Raouf S
RS
Amin
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Sally R
SR
Shott
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Electronic address: mohamed.mahmoud@cchmc.org.
Mohamed A
MA
Mahmoud
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D004314:Down Syndrome; D005260:Female; D005927:Glossectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D017286:Polysomnography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014068:Tonsillectomy
Airway intervention; Continuous positive airway pressure; MRI sleep studies interpretation, upper airway obstruction; Obstructive sleep apnea; Positive pressure breaths