Relationship of body position, upper airway morphology, and severity of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome among Chinese patients

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Weihu, Chen ^a   Jingying, Ye ^a   Demin, Han ^a   Boxuan, Wang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BMI; body mass index; neck circumference; obstructive; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APNEA HYOPONIA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED MALLANPATI GRADE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 78751547640     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2010.518158     Document Type: Article

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