Tongue size matters: revisiting the Mallampati classification system in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

OBJECTIVE: The Mallampati classification system has been used to predict obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Upper airway soft tissue structures are prone to fat deposition, and the tongue is the largest of these structures. Given that a higher Mallampati score is associated with a crowded oropharynx, we...

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Autores principales: de Athayde, Rodolfo Augusto Bacelar, Colonna, Leonardo Luiz Igreja, Schorr, Fabiola, Gebrim, Eloisa Maria Mello Santiago, Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo, Genta, Pedro Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2023
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37132703
http://dx.doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20220402

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37132703
http://dx.doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20220402

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