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Relationships between Erectile dysfunction and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Obstruktif Sleep Apne ve Erektil Disfonksiyon Arasındaki İlişki

Hüseyin Günizi(ALANYA ALAADDİN KEYKUBAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Suat Avcı(Baskent University)
Arif Kol(ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ)
Berna Devrim Yağbasan
Pages
164–167
Publication Date
2019-08-23
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ED should be questioned in patients with OSAS.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is one of the common sleep disorders.
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Key Findings & Data:Methods: Our study included 68 patients between October 2013 and December 2015 which the patient was admitted to the ENT outpatient clinic in our hospital with a complaint of snoring and diagnosed as OSAS by polysomnography.
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Conclusion & Impact:ED should be questioned in patients with OSAS.
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
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⚙️Variables:Obstruktif uyku apnesi · Erektil disfonksiyon · İlişki

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Aim: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is one of the common sleep disorders. Chronic intermittent hypoxia due to partial or complete obstruction of the upper airways during sleep causes systemic effects. In our study, we aimed to determine the frequency of Erectile Dysfunction (ED) in patients with OSAS. Methods: Our study included 68 patients between October 2013 and December 2015 which the patient was admitted to the ENT outpatient clinic in our hospital with a complaint of snoring and diagnosed as OSAS by polysomnography. IIEF-15 (international index erectile dysfunction-15) questionnaire forms were completed to investigate the presence of ED. Results: The age of 68 male patients in the study are between 25 and 81 years, with a mean age of 44.75 ± 10.654. The lowest and highest AHI values were 5.1 and 82.4, respectively and average 25.750 ± 23.226 (Table 1). 67.6% of patients participating in the study had ED by according to the IIEF-15 survey. Conclusion: ED is an important complication of OSAS which is an important health problem for male patients. ED should be questioned in patients with OSAS.

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Amaç: Obstruktif Sleep Apne Sendromu (OSAS) sık görülen uyku bozukluklarından biridir. Uykuda üst solunum yollarında parsiyel ya da tam obstrüksiyona bağlı gelişen, kronik intermitant hipoksi sonucu sistemik etkileri olan bir hastalıktır. Çalışmamızda OSAS tanısı almış hastalarda Erektil Disfonkiyon (ED) sıklığını saptamak amaçlandı. Yöntem: Çalışmamıza Ekim 2013- Aralık 2015 tarihleri arasında hastanemiz KBB polikliniğine horlama şikayeti ile başvurup polisomnografide OSAS tanısı alan 68 hasta dahil edildi. ED varlığını araştırmak için IIEF -15 (international index erectile dysfunction-15) anket formları dolduruldu. Bulgular: Çalışmadaki 68 erkek hastanın yaşları 25 ile 81 arasında, ortalama yaş 44.75±10,654 idi En düşük AHI değeri 5,1 en yüksek 82,4 ortalama 25.750± 23.226 idi (Tablo 1). IIEF 15 anketine göre çalışmaya katılan hastaların % 67.6 ‘sında ED saptandı. Sonuç: ED, OSAS’ın önemli bir komplikasyonudur ve erkek hastalar için önemli bir sağlık sorunudur. OSAS hastalarında ED mutlaka sorgulanmalıdır.

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Günizi, H., Avcı, S., Kol, A., Yağbasan, B. D. (2019). Relationships between Erectile dysfunction and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Acta Medica Alanya, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2, 164–167. https://doi.org/10.30565/medalanya.504233

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