Association of airway obstruction, sleep, and phasic abdominal muscle activity after upper abdominal surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 198-203

  Rahman, M Q ^a   Kingshott, R N ^a   Wraith, P ^a   Adams, W H ^b   Drummond, G B ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Post operative; Sleep, respiratory disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; INHALATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NIGHT; NOSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0034879264     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/87.2.198     Document Type: Article

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