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Review
. 2023 Jul;13(7):1061-1482.
doi: 10.1002/alr.23079. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Jolie L Chang  1 Andrew N Goldberg  1 Jeremiah A Alt  2 Alzoubaidi Mohammed  3 Liza Ashbrook  1 Dennis Auckley  4 Indu Ayappa  5 Hira Bakhtiar  6 José E Barrera  7 Bethany L Bartley  8 Martha E Billings  9 Maurits S Boon  10 Pien Bosschieter  11 Itzhak Braverman  12 Kara Brodie  1 Cristina Cabrera-Muffly  13 Ray Caesar  14 Michel B Cahali  15 Yi Cai  1 Michelle Cao  16 Robson Capasso  16 Sean M Caples  17 Lana M Chahine  18 Corissa P Chang  19 Katherine W Chang  20 Nilika Chaudhary  21 Crystal S J Cheong  22 Susmita Chowdhuri  23 Peter A Cistulli  24 David Claman  1 Jacob Collen  25 Kevin C Coughlin  26 Jennifer Creamer  25 Eric M Davis  27 Kara L Dupuy-McCauley  17 Megan L Durr  28 Mohan Dutt  29 Mazen El Ali  18 Nabil M Elkassabany  27 Lawrence J Epstein  8 Justin A Fiala  3 Neil Freedman  30 Kirat Gill  16 M Boyd Gillespie  26 Lea Golisch  31 Nalaka Gooneratne  19 Daniel J Gottlieb  8 Katherine K Green  32 Arushi Gulati  1 Indira Gurubhagavatula  19 Nathan Hayward  33 Paul T Hoff  29 Oliver M G Hoffmann  31 Steven J Holfinger  34 Jennifer Hsia  35 Colin Huntley  10 Kevin C Huoh  36 Phillip Huyett  8 Sanjana Inala  5 Stacey L Ishman  37 Tarun K Jella  4 Aesha M Jobanputra  38 Andrew P Johnson  13 Mithri R Junna  17 Jenna T Kado  39 Thomas M Kaffenberger  18 Vishesh K Kapur  9 Eric J Kezirian  40 Meena Khan  34 Douglas B Kirsch  41 Alan Kominsky  42 Meir Kryger  43 Andrew D Krystal  1 Clete A Kushida  16 Thomas J Kuzniar  30 Derek J Lam  44 Christopher J Lettieri  25 Diane C Lim  45 Hsin-Ching Lin  46 Stanley Y C Liu  16 Stuart G MacKay  47 Ulysses J Magalang  34 Atul Malhotra  48 Meghna P Mansukhani  17 Joachim T Maurer  31 Anna M May  4 Ron B Mitchell  49 Babak Mokhlesi  50 Anna E Mullins  30 Eman M Nada  51 Sreelatha Naik  52 Brandon Nokes  48 Michael D Olson  17 Allan I Pack  19 Edward B Pang  53 Kenny P Pang  54 Susheel P Patil  4 Eli Van de Perck  55 Jay F Piccirillo  20 Grace W Pien  56 Amanda J Piper  57 Andrea Plawecki  58 Mark Quigg  27 Madeline J L Ravesloot  59 Susan Redline  60 Brian W Rotenberg  61 Armand Ryden  62 Kathleen F Sarmiento  1 Firas Sbeih  42 Amy E Schell  32 Christopher N Schmickl  48 Helena M Schotland  5 Richard J Schwab  19 Jiyeon Seo  63 Neomi Shah  5 Anita Valanju Shelgikar  29 Isaac Shochat  64 Ryan J Soose  18 Toby O Steele  65 Erika Stephens  1 Carl Stepnowsky  48 Kingman P Strohl  4 Kate Sutherland  57 Maria V Suurna  66 Erica Thaler  19 Sritika Thapa  43 Olivier M Vanderveken  55 Nico de Vries  11 Edward M Weaver  9 Ian D Weir  43 Lisa F Wolfe  3 B Tucker Woodson  67 Christine H J Won  43 Josie Xu  68 Pratyusha Yalamanchi  29 Kathleen Yaremchuk  58 Yerem Yeghiazarians  1 Jason L Yu  69 Michelle Zeidler  63 Ilene M Rosen  19
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International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Jolie L Chang et al. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Background: Evaluation and interpretation of the literature on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) allows for consolidation and determination of the key factors important for clinical management of the adult OSA patient. Toward this goal, an international collaborative of multidisciplinary experts in sleep apnea evaluation and treatment have produced the International Consensus statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (ICS:OSA).

Methods: Using previously defined methodology, focal topics in OSA were assigned as literature review (LR), evidence-based review (EBR), or evidence-based review with recommendations (EBR-R) formats. Each topic incorporated the available and relevant evidence which was summarized and graded on study quality. Each topic and section underwent iterative review and the ICS:OSA was created and reviewed by all authors for consensus.

Results: The ICS:OSA addresses OSA syndrome definitions, pathophysiology, epidemiology, risk factors for disease, screening methods, diagnostic testing types, multiple treatment modalities, and effects of OSA treatment on multiple OSA-associated comorbidities. Specific focus on outcomes with positive airway pressure (PAP) and surgical treatments were evaluated.

Conclusion: This review of the literature consolidates the available knowledge and identifies the limitations of the current evidence on OSA. This effort aims to create a resource for OSA evidence-based practice and identify future research needs. Knowledge gaps and research opportunities include improving the metrics of OSA disease, determining the optimal OSA screening paradigms, developing strategies for PAP adherence and longitudinal care, enhancing selection of PAP alternatives and surgery, understanding health risk outcomes, and translating evidence into individualized approaches to therapy.

Keywords: PAP adherence; atrial fibrillation; cardiovascular event; cerebrovascular disease; consensus; dementia; evidence-based medicine; home sleep apnea testing; hypertension; hypoglossal nerve stimulation; mortality; motor vehicle accidents; neurocognitive function; obstructive sleep apnea; outcomes; perioperative management; polysomnography; positive airway pressure; screening; sleep; sleep disordered breathing; sleep surgery; sleepiness; surgical outcomes; systematic review; treatment outcomes; uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

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The VOTE classification
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Common sagittal cephalometric findings associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): (A) decreased cranial base length, (B) decreased maxillary length, (C) decreased mandibular length, (D) decreased posterior facial height, (E, F) increased anterior lower facial height and total facial height, (G) decreased cranial base angle, (H) decreased gonial angle (posterior rotation of mandible), (I) inferior and posterior displacement of the hyoid bone.

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