GP6a - Obesity and OSA: Effect of Weight Loss on Upper Airway Anatomy, Tongue Mass and Severity of OSA

Friday, October 1, 2021

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM CDT

Location: Davidson Ballroom, Music City Center

Speaker(s)

Richard Schwab, MD

Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine, Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Disclosure: CryOSA: Research Grant; ExciteOSA: Consultant/Advisory Board; Inspire: Research Grant; Merck Maual: Royalties, Speaker/Honoraria; ResMed: Research Grant; UPtoDate: Royalties, Speaker/Honoraria

Handouts

This session will review important variables (weight, gender and skeletal facial patterns) that impact severity of OSA and how OSA can affect cardiovascular changes. The audience also will learn more about DISE in adults and children from a variety of speakers and experts from different fields of sleep medicine and surgery.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

Discuss the influence of obesity on upper airway anatomy in patients with OSA.
Describe the differences in sleep patterns and sleep studies between males and females.
Identify age and racial differences when assessing cardiovascular risks in patients with OSA.