Volume-pressure properties of the upper airway in normal subjects and patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

Respirology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway patency; Obstructive apnoea; Upper airway elastance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0032964329     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.1999.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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