Novel grading system for quantifying upper-airway obstruction on sleep endoscopy

Lung

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-318

  Bachar, Gideon ^a,b   Nageris, Benny ^a,b   Feinmesser, Raphael ^a,b   Hadar, Tuvia ^a,b   Yaniv, Eitan ^a,b   Shpitzer, Thomas ^a,b   Eidelman, Leonid ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Grading system; Sleep apnea; Sleep endoscopy; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP ENDOSCOPY; SOFT PALATE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UVULOPALATINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; UVULA;

EID: 84863494780     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-011-9367-3     Document Type: Article

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