Identifying the patient with sleep apnea: Upper airway assessment and physical examination

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 919-930

  Goldberg, A N ^a   Schwab, R J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; OBESITY; OROPHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032441615     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(05)70099-2     Document Type: Article

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