Anatomic predictors of retropalatal mechanical loads in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Respiration

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-253

  Li, Yanru ^a,b   Ye, Jingying ^a,b   Li, Tianzuo ^a   Lin, Na ^a   Wang, Zhenchang ^a   Liang, Chenyang ^a   Sperry, Al ^c   Han, Demin ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Closing pressure; Collapsibility; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sleep apnea; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; NASOPHARYNX; PARALYSIS; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOFT PALATE; SOFT TISSUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 80051792731     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327176     Document Type: Article

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