CrossTalk proposal: the human upper airway does behave like a Starling resistor during sleep.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Anatomical determinants of upper airway collapsibility in obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep medicine reviews · 2023
   Pooled it
2. Opportunistic pharyngeal length measurement on routine brain MRI: A novel screening tool for severe obstructive sleep apnea in acute stroke.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025
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3. Phenotypes of Velopharyngeal Tube Law in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
   Article
4. Mandibular advancement reduces pharyngeal collapsibility by enlarging the airway rather than affecting velopharyngeal compliance.Physiological reports · 2023
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5. Impact of Unintentional Air Leaks on Automatic Positive Airway Pressure Device Performance in Simulated Sleep Apnea Events.Respiratory care · 2023
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6. Much Ado about Sleep: Current Concepts on Mechanisms and Predisposition to Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
   Review
7. Effect of tube length on the buckling pressure of collapsible tubes.Computers in biology and medicine · 2021
   Article
8. The Physiology and Maintenance of Respiration: A Narrative Review.Pain and therapy · 2020
   Review
9. The effect of nasal and oral breathing on airway collapsibility in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: Computational fluid dynamics analyses.PloS one · 2020
   Article
10. Airflow limitation in a collapsible model of the human pharynx: physical mechanisms studied with fluid-structure interaction simulations and experiments.Physiological reports · 2019
    Article
11. High-Flow, Heated, Humidified Air Via Nasal Cannula Treats CPAP-Intolerant Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2017
    Article
12. Interventional Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy: A Novel Technique to Guide Surgical Planning for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2017
    Article
13. Bispectral Index in Evaluating Effects of Sedation Depth on Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2015
    Article
14. Obstructive sleep apnea in children: a critical update.Nature and science of sleep · 2013
    Review
15. Rebuttal from Alan R. Schwartz and Philip L. Smith.The Journal of physiology · 2013
    Article
16. Rebuttal from James P. Butler, Robert L. Owens, Atul Malhotra and Andrew Wellman.The Journal of physiology · 2013
    Article

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  Rebuttal from James P. Butler, Robert L. Owens, Atul Malhotra and Andrew Wellman.2013

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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