Flextube reflectometry and pressure-recordings for level diagnosis in obstructive sleep apnoea

Rhinology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 203-210

  Faber, Christian Emil ^a   Grymer, L ^a   Hilberg, O ^a   Norregaard, O ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Airway pressure; Diagnosis; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; PALATE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REFLECTOMETRY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONGUE;

ACOUSTICS; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036910651     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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