Mass loading of the upper airway extraluminal tissue space in rabbits: Effects on tissue pressure and pharyngeal airway lumen geometry

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 887-892

  Kairaitis, Kristina ^a,b   Howitt, Lauren ^a   Wheatley, John R ^a,b   Amis, Terence C ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Upper airway mechanics; Upper airway patency

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TISSUE PRESSURE; TRACHEA PRESSURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; BREATHING MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TIDAL VOLUME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 63449096101     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91236.2008     Document Type: Article

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