Sentences with phrase «small upper airway»
Some patients with obstructive sleep apnea have a small upper airway that can be modified by increasing the activity of some muscles in the mouth and the tongue.
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The team used rat pups for their study and induced apnea by putting a small amount of water in the upper airway to induce a reflex apnea, the laryngeal chemoreflex.
While the study was quite small and more investigation is needed, it does suggest that exercising the upper airways may help relieve apnea.
He has completed research in feline renal transplantation, upper airway diseases, and periosteal trauma, received a Small Animal Clinical Award and an Academic Excellence Award.