Upper airway fat tissue distribution in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea and its effect on retropalatal mechanical loads

Respiratory Care

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1098-1105

  Li, Yanru ^a   Lin, Na ^a   Ye, Jingying ^a   Chang, Qinglin ^a   Han, Demin ^a   Sperry, Al ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

Closing pressure; Fat distribution; Obesity; Obstructive; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGOSCOPY; PHARYNX; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84863930163     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.00929     Document Type: Article

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