Acoustic Pharyngometry Measurement of Minimal Cross-Sectional Airway Area Is a Significant Independent Predictor of Moderate-To-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

STUDY OBJECTIVES: The current gold-standard method of diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is polysomnography, which can be inefficient. We therefore sought to determine a method to triage patients at risk of OSA, without using subjective data, which are prone to mis-reporting. We hypothesized t...

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Hauptverfasser: DeYoung, Pamela N., Bakker, Jessie P., Sands, Scott A., Batool-Anwar, Salma, Connolly, James G., Butler, James P., Malhotra, Atul
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3805801/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24235897
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.3158
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