Is sleep nasendoscopy a valuable adjunct to clinical examination in the evaluation of upper airway obstruction?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 691-697

  Hewitt, Richard J D ^a,b   Dasgupta, Arjun ^b   Singh, Arvind ^a   Dutta, Chirajit ^b   Kotecha, Bhik T ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sleep disordered breathing; Sleep nasendoscopy; Snoring; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP NASENDOSCOPY; SNORING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 63049115734     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0831-5     Document Type: Article

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