Lateral pharyngeal fat pad pressure during breathing in anesthetized pigs

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 688-694

  Winter, W Christopher ^a   Gampper, Tom ^a   Gay, Spencer B ^a   Suratt, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat; Pharyngeal airway; Sleep apnea syndromes; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BALLOON CATHETER; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0030828962     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.3.688     Document Type: Article

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