Journal Article

Parotid abscess in a patient with obstructive sleep apnea treated with continuous positive airway pressure therapy

Grable, Ian, Kuźniar, Tomasz J., Kasibowska-Kuźniar, Kamilla

2012

Overview

Continuous positive pressure therapy (CPAP) is a mainstay of treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A CPAP device pressurizes room air and blows it through a nasal or oronasal mask into the patients airway, preventing the dynamic collapse of the airway soft tissue structures. In order to apply a sufficient pressure, there has to be a seal between the CPAP mask and the patients facial structures.

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Abscess - complications / Abscess - diagnosis / Abscess - therapy / Adult / Airway management / Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination - therapeutic use / Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use / Biological and medical sciences / Case Report / Ciprofloxacin - therapeutic use / Combined Modality Therapy / Continuous positive airway pressure / Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - adverse effects / Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - instrumentation / Dentistry / Disease Progression / Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes / Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology / Humans / Internal Medicine / Male / Masks - adverse effects / Medical sciences / Medical treatment / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Multiple sclerosis and variants. Guillain barré syndrome and other inflammatory polyneuropathies. Leukoencephalitis / Nasal continuous positive airway pressure / Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) / Neurology / Obstructive sleep apnea / Otorhinolaryngology / Parotid Diseases - complications / Parotid Diseases - diagnosis / Parotid Diseases - therapy / Parotid Gland - surgery / Patients / Pediatrics / Pneumology/Respiratory System / Polysomnography / Pressure / Sialadenitis - complications / Sialadenitis - diagnosis / Sialadenitis - therapy / Sleep / Sleep apnea / Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis / Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - etiology / Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - therapy / Sleep. Vigilance / Streptococcal Infections - complications / Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis / Streptococcal Infections - therapy / Streptococcus anginosus / Therapy / Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs