An Examination of Methodological Paradigms for Calculating Upper Airway Critical Pressures during Sleep

Conclusions: Observed Pcrit provides a reliable descriptor of hypotonic upper airway collapsibility. Different methods for determining Pcrit were able to distinguish subjects with and without OSA. Citation: Pien GW, Keenan BT, Marcus CL, Staley B, Ratcliffe SJ, Jackson NJ, Wieland W, Sun Y, Schwab RJ. An examination of methodological paradigms for calculating upper airway critical pressures during sleep. SLEEP 2016;39(5):977–987.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research