[Clinical observation on effect of auricular acupoint pressing in treating sleep apnea syndrome].
摘要
OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical effect and mechanism of auricular acupoint pressing (AAP) in treating sleep apnea syndrome (SAS). METHODS: Forty-five patients with SAS were randomly divided in to the AAP group (30 patients) and the control group (15 patients) to observe the changes of clinical symptoms, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), apnea index (AI), hypopnea index (HI) and minimum blood oxygen saturation (mSaO2) in night before and after treatment by multiple channel polysomnography (PSG). RESULTS: Clinical symptoms were significantly alleviated in the AAP group after treatment, with improvement in various parameters monitored by PSG (P < 0.01), showing significantly reduced AHI, AI and HI and increased mSaO2 (P < 0.01). While in the control group, no improvement was found either in clinical symptom or in PSG parameters (P > 0.05). Comparison between the two groups showed significant difference (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: AAP is an effective treatment of SAS, it provides a facilitate, economic and safe therapy for early prevention and treatment to SAS.