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“The geometry and caliber of the upper airway in apneic patients differs from those in normal subjects. The apneic airway is smaller and narrowed laterally… the lateral pharyngeal walls seem to play the critical role in determining airway caliber.”
Schwab Am J Respir Crit Care Med 152: 1673-89, 1995
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