Sleep Disordered Breathing
Conditions
Interventions
Gold Standard:
Index test:
Sponsors
National Science Counsil
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Men or women aged 20 or more, 170 totally including: 1. 10 normal volunteer (without symptoms of habitual snoring) to receive ultrasound examination to determine main frequency of ultrasound probe; 2. 20 patients who decided to receive surgery, performing head and neck CT scan and ultrasound examination before surgery to verify the parameters recorded from ultrasound; 3. 100 patients with chief complaint of snoring or suspected sleep apnea from outpatient clinic, receive ultrasound examination with or without Mueller maneuver in supine position (midline submental sagittal plane) to record ultrasound parameters; 4. 10 patients with chief complaint of snoring or suspected sleep apnea from outpatient clinic, to receive portable ultrasound recording device in natural sleep; 5. 20 patients with chief complaint of snoring or suspected sleep apnea from outpatient clinic, to receive portable ultrasound recording device in natural sleep synchronizing with polysomnographic study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pregnant women were excluded from this clinical trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| recording skin to tongue base distance; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJeng-Wen Chen
Outcome results
None listed