Advantages of measuring air flow in the pharynx with internal thermistors

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 251-255

  Akre, Harriet ^a   Skatvedt, Olav ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hypopneas; Pharyngeal air flow; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SENSOR; SILASTIC TUBE; SLEEP DISORDER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMISTOR; TIDAL VOLUME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0034049985     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050233     Document Type: Article

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