Quantitative evaluation of the upper airway during nasopharyngoscopy with the Muller maneuver

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 954-963

  Ritter, Christen T ^a   Trudo, Frank J ^a   Goldberg, Andrew N ^a   Welch, Kevin C ^a   Maislin, Greg ^a   Schwab, Richard J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Muller maneuver; Nasopharyngoscopy; Normal subjects; Obstructive sleep apnea; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TECHNIQUE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0033026803     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199906000-00022     Document Type: Article

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