Can mandibular advancement devices be a satisfactory substitute for short term use in patients on nasal continuous positive airway pressure?

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-308

  Smith, D M ^a   Stradling, John R ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

HEART RATE; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036217445     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.4.305     Document Type: Article

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