The Use of Sub-Mental Ultrasonography for Identifying Patients with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity and pharyngeal parameters using sub-mental ultrasonography (US), and investigate the accuracy of US for identifying severe OSA patients. METHODS: One hundred and five consecutive referrals for suspe...

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Autores principales: Shu, Chin-Chung, Lee, Peilin, Lin, Jou-Wei, Huang, Chun-Ta, Chang, Yeun-Chung, Yu, Chong-Jen, Wang, Hao-Chien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062848

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