Acoustic pharyngometry measurement of minimal cross-sectional airway area is a significant independent predictor of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1161-1164

  DeYoung, Pamela N ^a,b   Bakker, Jessie P ^b   Sands, Scott A ^b   Batool Anwar, Salma ^b   Connolly, James G ^b   Butler, James P ^b   Malhotra, Atul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic pharyngometry; Airway; Lung; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PHARYNGOMETRY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; MOUTH BREATHING; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PHARYNGOMETER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STANDING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ACOUSTIC PHARYNGOMETRY; AIRWAY; LUNG; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; SLEEP;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84888145712     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3158     Document Type: Article

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