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Head rotation improves airway obstruction, especially in patients with less severe obstructive sleep apnea without oropharyngeal collapse

PURPOSE: Head rotation is thought to have an effect on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity. However, keeping the head rotated fully during sleep is difficult to maintain, and the effect of head rotation is not the same in all OSA patients. Thus, this study aimed to identify whether less head rota...

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Autores principales: Tan, Shi Nee, Kim, Jong-Min, Kim, Jisun, Sung, Chung Man, Kim, Hong Chan, Lee, Jongho, Lim, Sang Chul, White, David P., Yang, Hyung Chae, Wellman, D. Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9129012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35609040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268455