Polysomnographic evaluation of propofol‐induced sleep in patients with respiratory sleep disorders and controls

Abstract

The results demonstrate that propofol significantly changes sleep macroarchitecture. However, the main respiratory parameters, AHI and mean SaO2 , remained unaffected. Thus, in order to determine the sites of obstruction, propofol DISE used with target-controlled infusion proved to be an effective drug for endoscopic evaluation of patients with OSAS.