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A is for airway

BMJ, 2010
A 61 year old man was referred to our outpatient department because of breathlessness. He was able to walk only 50 metres before having to stop to catch his breath. He denied any chest pain or cough. In the 1980s he had fallen down a lift shaft, which had caused substantial trauma.
Harpreet, Ranu, Brendan, Madden
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Airway edema potentiates airway reactivity

Journal of Applied Physiology, 1995
Thickening of the airway wall has been hypothesized to be one of the mechanisms contributing to airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma. If such thickening of the wall is internal to the airway smooth muscle or otherwise causes a decrease in baseline airway caliber, it should also cause exaggerated airway responsiveness.
R H, Brown, E A, Zerhouni, W, Mitzner
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Combined airways: impact of upper airway on lower airway

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery, 2010
This article reviews recent literature on the important relationship between the nose, paranasal sinuses and lungs. Recent advances in the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the association between upper and lower airways are discussed.Epidemiological, clinical, and immunopathological data demonstrate an important link ...
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Emergency Airway Management: the Difficult Airway

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2012
Patients requiring airway management in the emergency department present an enormous challenge. It requires not only a firm concept of techniques for securing the airway but also of dealing with the potential difficult airway (DA) in which establishing a definite airway is not possible with techniques routinely used.
Joe, Nemeth   +2 more
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Airway stenting

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America, 2001
Various airway pathologies may result in central airway obstruction. For patients who have benign and malignant disease, definitive surgical correction by tracheobronchial resection and reconstruction is preferred. Numerous patients, however, have unresectable airway lesions owing to the extent of disease or to medical or surgical contraindications ...
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