The role of the upper airway in neonatal apnoea

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Milner, Anthony D ^a   Greenough, Anne ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac artefact; Central, mixed and obstructive apnoeas; Laryngeal obstruction; Pharyngeal collapse

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; PHARYNX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 1942471062     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2003.11.005     Document Type: Review

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