Upper airway morphology in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: Effects of lateral positioning

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Soga, Taro ^a   Nakata, Seiichi ^a   Yasuma, Fumihiko ^b   Noda, Akiko ^c   Sugiura, Tatsuki ^a   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^a   Koike, Yasuo ^c   Ozaki, Norio ^a   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fauces; Lateral position; Nasal resistance; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Tonsil size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; RHINOMANOMETRY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SUPINE POSITION; TONGUE; TONSIL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PALATE, SOFT; PALATINE TONSIL; POSTURE; RHINOMANOMETRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 64749101703     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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