Continuous positive airway pressure is effective in treating upper airway oedema

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1092-1093

  Barbe F ^a   Pons, S ^a   Togores, B ^a   Sauleda, J ^a   Soler, R ^a   Agusti A G N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; obstructive sleep apnoea; tracheostomy; upper airway oedema

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; MALE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

EID: 0029894110     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09051092     Document Type: Article

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