Side-selective, unobtrusive monitoring of nasal airflow and conductance

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1760-1765

  Kohler, Malcolm ^a   Thurnheer, Robert ^b   Bloch, Konrad E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital of Münsterlingen   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flowmeter; Nasal cannula; Nasal resistance; Physiological monitoring; Rhinitis; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NASOPHARYNX; NIGHT SLEEP; NOSE AIRFLOW; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SNORING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINOMANOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 33845434757     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00517.2006     Document Type: Article

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