Upper Airway Collapsibility is Associated with Obesity and Hyoid Position

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Upper airway anatomy plays a major role in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) pathogenesis. An inferiorly displaced hyoid as measured by the mandibular plane to hyoid distance (MPH) has been consistently associated with OSA. The hyoid is also a common landmark for pharyngeal length, upp...

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Autori principali: Genta, Pedro R., Schorr, Fabiola, Eckert, Danny J., Gebrim, Eloisa, Kayamori, Fabiane, Moriya, Henrique T., Malhotra, Atul, Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC 2014
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Upper Airway Collapsibility is Associated with Obesity and Hyoid Position
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173923/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197805
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.4078
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