Effect of Intravenous Saline Infusion and Venous Compression Stockings on Upper Airway Size and Obstruction
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity is strongly associated with the degree of overnight peripharyngeal fluid accumulation. We hypothesized that intravenous fluid loading would cause upper airway (UA) narrowing or increase the frequency of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep (apnea-hypopnea ind...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/30600 |