The effects of Anesthesia and opioids on the upper airway: A systematic review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 270-284

  Ehsan, Zarmina ^a   Mahmoud, Mohamed ^a   Shott, Sally R ^a,b   Amin, Raouf S ^a,b   Ishman, Stacey L ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; Anesthesia; children; cine MRI; drug induced sleep endoscopy; obstructive sleep apnea; opioids; sedation; systematic review; upper airway

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNGOMALACIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; LARYNX; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS; HUMANS; LARYNX; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84955177276     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.25399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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