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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Published in:Sleep
Main Authors: Marques, Melania, Genta, Pedro R., Sands, Scott A., Azarbazin, Ali, de Melo, Camila, Taranto-Montemurro, Luigi, White, David P., Wellman, Andrew
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access: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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