Upper airway collapsibility: Measurement techniques and therapeutic implications

Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-125

  Boudewyns, A ^a   Schwartz, A R ^b   Van de Heyning, P H ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Snoring; Treatment; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; LUNG MECHANICS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESSURE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TECHNIQUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; WAKEFULNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; HUMANS; PALATE; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; UVULA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036626775     PISSN: 00016497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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