Influence of head extension, flexion, and rotation on collapsibility of the passive upper airway

Sleep

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1440-1447

  Walsh, Jennifer H ^a,b,c   Maddison, Kathleen J ^a   Platt, Peter R ^a   Hillman, David R ^a   Eastwood, Peter R ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Collapsibility; Head extension; Pcrit; Posture; Sedation; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349094607     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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