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Correlation Between Retropalatal Collapse as Observed During Muller's Maneuver to Severity of OSA.
Objective of the study was to evaluate the reliability of Muller's maneuver (MM) with the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) at the retropalatal level. Case series of 58 adult patients diagnosed to have OSA. Sleep apnoea clinic in a tertiary referral center in south India. Fifty-eight adult OSA patients underwent outpatient based MM under local anaesthesia. Collapse of hypopharynx and the retroglossal regions were assessed during a maximal inspiratory effort against the closed mouth and sealed nose (reverse valsalva). Correlation co efficient was used to compare MM grade with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) scores. Severity of OSA based on AHI scores were compared with the results of Muller's maneuver at the retropalatal level. The correlation coefficient was 0.213, hence no correlation was found, p value was 0.019, which was not statistically significant. MM is an useful tool for evaluation of upper airway collapse. The advantages include simplicity, cost-effectiveness, relatively easy to perform, thorough evaluation of upper airway. The pitfalls of the procedure includes the subjectiveness of the procedure and the fact that it is performed on awake patients and therefore remains an indirect estimation of obstruction that occurs during sleep. In our study, we did not find correlation between the severity of OSA based on the AHI scores and the collapse at the retropalate level assessed by the Muller's maneuver.
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