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Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2022 Aim Foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) is a major public health concern worldwide for infants and older adults. This study determines the association between airway obstruction time and neurological outcomes to plan an effective response for patients
Yutaka Igarashi +9 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Upper Airway Obstruction after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery [PDF]
, 2015 Objective To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for extrathoracic upper-airway obstruction after pediatric cardiac surgery. Study design A retrospective chart review was performed on 213 patients younger than 18 years of age who recovered ...
Delius, Ralph E. +4 more
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New Spirometry Indices for Detecting Mild Airflow Obstruction. [PDF]
, 2018 The diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) relies on demonstration of airflow obstruction. Traditional spirometric indices miss a number of subjects with respiratory symptoms or structural lung disease on imaging.
Barjaktarevic, Igor +13 more
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Ultrasonographic Detection of Airway Obstruction in a Model of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Ultrasound International Open, 2017 Purpose Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common clinical disorder characterized by repetitive airway obstruction during sleep. The gold standard for diagnosis of OSA, polysomnogram (PSG), cannot anatomically localize obstruction. Precise identification
Amal Isaiah +2 more
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Negative pressure pulmonary edema: a case report
BMC Anesthesiology, 2019 Background The negative pressure pulmonary edema is rare clinical situation which caused mainly by upper airway obstruction. However except upper airway obstruction, there may be other pathophysiological disorders making patients more vulnerable to ...
Jun Xiong, Yongxing Sun
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Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2021 Background. Cigarette smoking and Th2-inflammation are both crucial in the pathogenesis of asthma. However, it is unknown whether smoking can affect the association between Th2-inflammation and small airway obstruction in adults with asthma.
Shuyuan Chu +11 more
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Upper airways obstruction [PDF]
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2000 The tongue falling backwards and blocking the nasopharynx is the commonest cause of upper airway obstruction. However, it may be due to blood, vomit, oedema, or trauma. The mouth should be inspected and any foreign material removed manually or by suction. There are three manoeuvres to improve upper airway obstruction. 1. Head tilt.
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Nature and Science of Sleep, 2023 Yuqi Li,1,2,* Changjin Ji,1,2,* Weiao Sun,1,2 Huahui Xiong,1,2 Zheng Li,3 Xiaoqing Huang,1,2 Tingting Fan,1,2 Junfang Xian,3 Yaqi Huang1,2 1School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China ...
Li Y +8 more
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Importance of slow vital capacity in the detection of airway obstruction
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the presence of airway obstruction by determining the FEV1/FVC and FEV1/slow vital capacity (SVC) ratios. METHODS: This was a quantitative, retrospective cross-sectional study.
Ana Raquel Goncalves de Barros +2 more
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Endotracheal Metastasis Causing Airway Obstruction [PDF]
, 2020 Endotracheal metastasis, a critical complication of primary lung cancer, is an extremely rare lesion. A 73-year-old woman who had previously received treatment for lung cancer presented to our emergency department with dyspnea.
Fujiwara, Takashi +2 more
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