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8178015

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
The upper airway cross-sectional areas were studied with pharyngeal computed tomography (CT) at the nasopharyngeal, velopharyngeal, tongue base and hyoid bone levels in 119 consecutively investigated patients with a snoring complaint. According to their findings in an all-night static charge sensitive bed (SCSB) recording, the subjects were divided into four equally sized groups with increasing severity of nocturnal breathing disturbance. The body mass index (BMI) increased and the minimal cross-sectional area at the velopharyngeal level decreased consistently as a function of the severity of nocturnal breathing disturbance. The minimal cross-sectional area at the hyoid bone level showed a biphasic trend, with an initial decrease but a final increase, as the degree of nocturnal breathing disturbance aggravated. The results contradict the idea of gradually increasing anatomical narrowing of the upper airways in general as the nocturnal breathing disturbance exacerbates and support the concept of two anatomically determined entities of partial and complete upper airway obstruction during sleep.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0161-8105
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S152-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharyngeal CT studies in patients with mild or severe upper airway obstruction during sleep.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article