Difference in upper airway collapsibility during wakefulness between men and women in response to lower-body positive pressure

Clinical Science

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 713-720

  Su, Mao Chang ^a   Chiu, Kuo Liang ^a   Ruttanaumpawan, Pimon ^a   Shiota, Satomi ^a   Yumino, Dai ^a   Redolfi, Stefania ^a   Haight, James S ^c   Yau, Brian ^a   Lam, Jennifer ^a   Bradley, T Douglas ^b  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluid displacement; Gender difference; Lower body positive pressure; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Upper airway critical closing pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUID SHIFT; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NECK; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; MAST SUIT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUID SHIFTS; GRAVITY SUITS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; NECK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 66949156128     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080321     Document Type: Article

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