Sleep endoscopy versus modified mallampati score in sleep apnea and snoring

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 735-739

  Den Herder, Cindy ^a,c   Van Tinteren, Harm ^b   De Vries, Nico ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modified Mallampati score; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep endoscopy; Snoring; Tongue base

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI SCORE; ORGAN SIZE; PALATE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LARYNX; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TONGUE; UVULA;

EID: 17244364455     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000161347.07881.6d     Document Type: Article

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