Effect of Sleeping Position on Upper Airway Patency in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Determined by the Pharyngeal Structure Causing Collapse

OBJECTIVES: In some patients, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be resolved with improvement in pharyngeal patency by sleeping lateral rather than supine, possibly as gravitational effects on the tongue are relieved. Here we tested the hypothesis that the improvement in pharyngeal patency depends on...

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Main Authors: Marques, Melania, Genta, Pedro R., Sands, Scott A., Azarbazin, Ali, de Melo, Camila, Taranto-Montemurro, Luigi, White, David P., Wellman, Andrew
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5806553/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28329099
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsx005
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