Short-and long-term effects of CPAP on upper airway anatomy and collapsibility in OSAH

L Corda, S Redolfi, L Taranto Montemurro… - Sleep and …, 2009 - Springer
Rationale and aim In obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea (OSAH) patients, an increase of
upper airway (UA) collapsibility has been described together with a reduced UA caliber due …

Relationship between airflow limitation in response to upper airway negative pressure during wakefulness and obstructive sleep apnea severity

J Lim, H Alshaer, NM Ghahjaverestan, TD Bradley - Sleep and Breathing, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The objective was to determine if alteration in airflow induced by negative pressure
(NP) applied to participants' upper airways during wakefulness, is related to obstructive …

Negative expiratory pressure technique: an awake test to measure upper airway collapsibility in adolescents

HL Carrera, CL Marcus, JM McDonough, JCO Morera… - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Upper airway (UA) collapsibility is a major pathophysiologic
feature of the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). In adolescents, it is measured by …

Relationship between critical pressure and volume exhaled during negative pressure in awake subjects with sleep-disordered breathing

LT Montemurro, M Bettinzoli, L Corda, A Braghini… - Chest, 2010 - Elsevier
Background Critical pressure (Pcrit) is considered a reliable parameter to evaluate the
mechanical properties of the passive upper airway (UA) and is significantly increased in …

Upper airway collapsibility during wakefulness in children with sleep disordered breathing, as determined by the negative expiratory pressure technique

HL Carrera, JM McDonough, PR Gallagher, S Pinto… - Sleep, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Upper airway (UA) collapsibility is a major factor in the
pathophysiology of sleep disordered breathing (SDB). We hypothesized that the negative …

[HTML][HTML] Expiratory flow limitation in obstructive sleep apnea and COPD: a quantitative method to detect pattern differences using the negative expiratory pressure …

A Baydur, C Vigen, Z Chen - The open respiratory medicine journal, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Expiratory flow limitation (EFL), determined by the negative expiratory pressure
(NEP) technique, can exhibit overlapping patterns in COPD, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) …

[HTML][HTML] A negative expiratory pressure test during wakefulness for evaluating the risk of obstructive sleep apnea in patients referred for sleep studies

S Romano, A Salvaggio, A Lo Bue, O Marrone… - Clinics, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by increased upper airway
collapsibility during sleep. The present study investigated the use of the negative expiratory …

Is tidal expiratory flow limitation predictive of sleep-related disorders in the elderly?

M Guillot, F Costes, E Sforza… - European …, 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Sleep-related disorders represent an important health burden and their prevalence
increases with age. In patients with snoring or sleepiness, the presence of expiratory flow …

Influence of upper airway size on volume exhaled under negative pressure during evaluation of upper airway collapsibility

L Taranto Montemurro, M Bettinzoli, L Corda… - Sleep and …, 2012 - Springer
Study objectives It has been shown that volume exhaled in the first 0.5 s after application at
the mouth of 5 cmH 2 O negative pressure (V, NEP 0.5) during wakefulness strongly reflects …

Collapsibility of the human upper airway: the influence of state, posture and instrumentation

KJ Maddison - 2015 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
Abstract [Truncated] Background. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common condition
characterized by recurrent partial or complete collapse of the upper airway (UA) during …