Mouth Puffing Phenomenon and Upper Airway Features May Be Used to Predict the Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Je-Yang JauTerry B J KuoLieber P H LiTien-Yu ChenYing-Shuo HsuChun-Ting LaiWeng-Cheu YuePin-Hsuan HuangCheryl C H YangPublished in: Nature and science of sleep (2023)
IMP proportions were found to be higher in the half of participants whose ODI did not improve after mouth-taping and in those with severe OSA. Moreover, OSA patients with higher ODI, higher T90, and higher proportions of IMP were more likely to have a narrower upper airway.