Nasal resistance in snorers with or without sleep apnea: Effect of posture and nasal ventilation with continuous positive airway pressure

Sleep

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 625-632

  Desfonds, Pierre ^a   Planès, Carole ^a   Fuhrman, Claire ^a   Foucher, Arlette ^a   Raffestin, Bernadette ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Nasal resistance; Nasal ventilation; Obstructive sleep apnea; Posture; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

OXYMETAZOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE ALA; NOSE BREATHING; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0032530433     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/21.6.625     Document Type: Article

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