Esophageal pressure and apnea hypopnea index in sleep-disordered breathing

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 338-339

  Watanabe, Takuya ^a,b   Mikami, Akira ^a   Shigedo, Yoshihisa ^a   Motonishi, Masamichi ^a   Honda, Hideharu ^a   Kyotani, Kyoko ^a   Uruha, Shigehiko ^a   Terashima, Kiyoji ^a   Teshima, Yoshio ^a   Sugita, Yoshiro ^a   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apnea hypopnea index; Esophageal pressure; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Upper airway resistance syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; AROUSAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0033921066     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00704.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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