机构:[1]Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong[2]Affiliated Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China首都医科大学附属北京同仁医院首都医科大学附属同仁医院[3]Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Obstructed sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder which may need surgery to widen the airway; however the success rate of surgery is limited. Here we report a finding that could be used to predict the outcome of the OSA surgery. We found that inspiratory flow oscillates due to flow separation near the larynx, and the resulting periodic signal (3-5 Hz) is an intrinsic property of breathing. This flow oscillating signal may be the afferent stimulus to trigger respiratory events. It is found that the flow oscillation is attenuated for the OSA subjects. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation reveals that there exists flow separation near larynx and this separation is severely weakened in the OSA upper airway model. It is believed that the flow oscillating signal can serve as the measure to quantify the breathing quality of an OSA subject. This makes it possible to predict the surgery outcome of the OSA subject by applying CFD simulation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
基金:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong Polytechnic University [G-U690, G-U922, G-YK11]
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Liu Yang,Ye Jingying,Liu Zhengang,et al.Flow oscillation-A measure to predict the surgery outcome for obstructed sleep apnea (OSA) subject[J].JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS.2012,45(13):2284-2288.doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.05.050.
APA:
Liu, Yang,Ye, Jingying,Liu, Zhengang,Huang, Lixi,Luo, Haiyan&Li, Yanru.(2012).Flow oscillation-A measure to predict the surgery outcome for obstructed sleep apnea (OSA) subject.JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS,45,(13)
MLA:
Liu, Yang,et al."Flow oscillation-A measure to predict the surgery outcome for obstructed sleep apnea (OSA) subject".JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS 45..13(2012):2284-2288