Supine-dependent changes in upper airway size in awake obstructive sleep apnea patients

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-50

  Tsuiki, Satoru ^a   Almeida, Fernanda R ^a   Bhalla, Paramvir S ^a   Lowe, Alan A ^a   Fleetham, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body position; Cephalometry; Obstructive sleep apnea; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; CEPHALOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUPINE POSITION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0038704625     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-003-0043-6     Document Type: Article

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