Head-Of-Bed Elevation (HOBE) for Improving Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea (POSA): An Experimental Study.

Giannicola Iannella Giovanni CammarotoGiuseppe MeccarielloAngelo Cannavicci Riccardo Gobbi Jérôme René Lechien Christian Calvo-Henríquez Ahmed Yassin BaghatGiuseppe Di PrinzioCerritelli Luca Antonino Maniaci Salvatore Cocuzza Antonella Polimeni Giuseppe MagliuloAntonio GrecoMarco de VincentiisMassimo Ralli Annalisa Pace Roberta Polimeni Federica Lo ReLaura MorcianoAntonio MoffaManuele CasaleClaudio Vicini

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

By adopting the HOBE position with 30° elevation of the head and trunk, it is possible to obtain a reduction of upper airways collapses and an improvement of apnea/hypopnea events and nightly respiratory outcomes.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
positive airway pressure
optic nerve
sleep apnea
cystic fibrosis
lower limb
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
respiratory tract