The Effects of Upper Airway Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Settings

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-207

  Masdon, James Lee ^a   Magnuson, J Scott ^a,b   Youngblood, Garland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure settings; Obstructive sleep apnea; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TURBINOPLASTY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA;

EID: 0842277872     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200402000-00005     Document Type: Article

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