Airway evaluation in obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 411-436

  Stuck, Boris A ^a   Maurer, Joachim T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical closing pressure; Imaging; Mueller maneuver; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep endoscopy; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 55749090631     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2007.08.009     Document Type: Review

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