Role of the mastoid in middle ear pressure regulation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 404-408

  Alper, Cuneyt M ^a   Kitsko, Dennis J ^a   Swarts, J Douglas ^a   Martin, Brian ^a   Yuksel, Sancak ^b   Cullen Doyle, Brendan M ^a   Villardo, Richard J M ^a   Doyle, William J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult humans; Level of Evidence: 2c; mastoid; middle ear; N2O exchange; transmucosal time constant

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARDRUM; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTOID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYMPANOMETRY;

ADULT; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGAN SIZE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79251566468     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21275     Document Type: Article

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