How does open-mouth breathing influence upper airway anatomy?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1102-1106

  Lee, Seung Hoon ^a,b   Choi, Ji Ho ^a   Shin, Chol ^a   Lee, Heung Man ^a   Kwon, Soon Young ^a   Lee, Sang Hag ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Endoscopy; Mouth breathing; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH BREATHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PALATE; PHARYNX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH BREATHING; NASAL CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUSES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 34249900194     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318042aef7     Document Type: Article

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