Relationship between the upper airway and obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in morbidly obese women

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 689-697

  Santiago Recuerda, A ^a,e   Gomez Terreros F J ^b   Caballero, P ^c   Martin Duce A ^d   Soleto, M J ^c   Vesperinas, G ^a   Perez Fernandez E ^a   Villamor, J ^a   Alvarez Sala R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Morbid obesity; OSAS; Sleep apnea; Upper airway; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA MONITORING; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VENTILATION; MORBID OBESITY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; OROPHARYNX; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALATE; PHARYNX; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT TISSUE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VITAL CAPACITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 34250637144     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9120-4     Document Type: Article

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