Do patients with obstructive sleep apnea have thick necks?

During physical examination of patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a comment is frequently made that they appear to have a short and fat neck. To confirm this subjective impression by objective measurements, we studied a group of 123 patients referred to us because of snoring and...

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Autores principales: Katz, I, Stradling, J, Slutsky, A, Zamel, N, Hoffstein, V
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1990