Nasal obstruction and high mallampati score as risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 596-599

  Rodrigues, Marcos Marques ^a   Dibbern, Ralph Silveira ^a   Goulart, Carla W Kruel ^a  

^a Santa Casa de Limeira ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nasal obstruction; Obstructive; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952199344     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1808-86942010000500010     Document Type: Article

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