In-silico study of the nasal cavity's influence on the pharyngeal wall pressure in anatomically-correct airway models of patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Repetitive brief episodes of soft-tissue collapse within the upper airway during sleep characterize obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), an extremely common and disabling disorder. Failure to maintain the patency of the upper airway is caused by the combination of sleep-related loss of compensatory dilato...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
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Springer International Publishing
2013
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-02913-9_85 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58440 |