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Approach for streamlining measurement of complex physiological phenotypes of upper airway collapsibility.
Computers in biology and medicine - 1 Jun 2013
Wei Tony, Erlacher Markus A, Grossman Peter, Leitner Evan B, McGinley Brian M, Patil Susheel P, Smith Philip L, Schneider Hartmut, Schwartz Alan R, Kirkness Jason P
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The critical closing pressure (PCRIT), a quantitative assessment of upper airway collapsibility, is derived from pressure flow relationship during sleep. The analytic generation of the pressure flow relationships are non-standardized due to various regression models (linear, spline, median), breath characteristics (flow limited, non-flow limited) or known covariates (sleep stage, body position). We...
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