Treatment
- Weight Reduction
- Positional Treatment
- Correct increased nasal resistance
- Dental Appliances
- Increase Upper Airway Muscle Tone
- avoid alcohol, sedatives and hypnotics
- pharmacologic intervention
- protriptyline
- progesterone
- theophylline
- strychnine/nicotine
- electrical stimulation
- Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- standard of care
- titrated pressure
- nasal mask vs. pillows
- CPAP vs. BiPAP
- "AutoPAP" or DPAP or VPAP
- Compliance
- Surgical Correction of Upper Airway Anatomic Abnormalities
- tracheostomy
- nasal surgery
- adenotonsillectomy
- uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
- mandibular osteotomy with genioglossus advancement
- hyoid myotomy and suspension
- expansion hyoidoplasty
- bimaxillary advancement
- Indications for treatment