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Patterns of airway obstruction of non-acquired origin in children with and without major congenital anomalies. [PDF]

, 2021
Major congenital anomalies are known to play a role in the management and prognosis of airway obstruction. Most studies assess acquired forms of airway obstruction. Data on congenital or otherwise non-acquired forms of airway obstruction is sparse.
Ulmer, Francis, Casaulta, Carmen, Nisa, Lluís, Latzin, Philipp, Riva, Thomas, Jaquet, Yves, Gonçalves Dias, Rodrigo, Giger, Roland, Yves Jaquet, Roland Giger, Philipp Latzin, Rodrigo Gonçalves Dias, Thomas Riva, Lluís Nisa, Carmen Casaulta, Francis Ulmer   +15 more
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Association of airway obstruction with first-pass success and intubation-related adverse events in the emergency department: multicenter prospective observational studies

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundAirway obstruction is a relatively rare but critical condition that requires urgent intervention in the emergency department (ED). The present study aimed to investigate the association of airway obstruction with first-pass success and ...
Jin Takahashi, Jin Takahashi, Tadahiro Goto, Shigeki Fujitani, Hiroshi Okamoto, Yusuke Hagiwara, Hiroko Watase, Kohei Hasegawa, the Japanese Emergency Medicine Network Investigators   +8 more
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AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN CHILDREN [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 1995
Seventeen children presenting with airway obstruction have been studied to highlight the similar clinical features of different etiological conditions, their diagnostic limitations, and the importance of early bronchoscopy. There were 8 patients with foreign body in lower airway, out of which 6 were vegetable foreign bodies.
Ts Raghu, Raman, Dal Jit, Singh, D G, Jayaprakash, L N, Raja   +3 more
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Topicalisation of airway for awake fibre-optic intubation: Walking on thin ice

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018
Topicalisation of the airway by various techniques has routinely been recommended for awake fibre-optic bronchoscopy in cases of difficult airway. However, topicalisation by itself can cause airway obstruction by decreasing the tone of the laryngeal ...
Mamta Dubey, Soumi Pathak, Furkan Ahmed
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Near ideal anesthetic technique for tracheal stenting in central airway obstruction with dexmedetomidine-ketamine infusion: a case report

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
Central airway obstruction presents as an emergency with dyspnea and stridor. Anesthetic management of rigid bronchoscopy-guided tracheal stenting is highly stimulating procedure requiring general anesthesia.
Sakshi Thakore, Nishkarsh Gupta, Karan Madan, Sushma Bhatnagar   +3 more
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Can HRCT be used as a marker of airway remodelling in children with difficult asthma? [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Whole airway wall thickening on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is reported to parallel thickening of the bronchial epithelial reticular basement membrane (RBM) in adult asthmatics. A similar relationship in children with difficult
Khoo L, Khoo, L, Payne, DN, Hansell DM, Bush, A, Saglani S, Saglani, S, Ujita, M, Jeffery, PK, Papaioannou G, Jeffery PK, Bush A, Papaioannou, G, Owens, C, Hansell, DM, Owens C, Payne DN, Owens, CM, Ujita M   +18 more
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Rare Cause of Severe Dyspnea After Tracheotomy-Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema

Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2023
Deep neck infections are serious conditions and can present with acute upper airway obstruction. Our priority in the treatment is to ensure airway safety, and tracheotomy may be needed to overcome the upper airway obstruction.
Kemal Koray Bal, Ozan Balta, Ceren Gökçe Coşkun Ekiz, Harun Gür, Onur İsmi, Eylem Sercan Özgür   +5 more
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Acute airway obstruction management in scorpion envenomation to submandibular region: A case report

Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2018
Acute airway obstruction following scorpion envenomation to the head and neck region can present a unique challenge to a clinical practitioner and will require expeditious management to appropriately secure the airway. We present the case of acute airway
Winslo Idicula, Rahul Varman, Daniel Nguyen   +2 more
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Relationship between pre-anesthetic and intra-anesthetic airway resistance in patients undergoing general anesthesia: A prospective observational study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Surgery patients in Japan undergo routine spirometry testing prior to general anesthesia. The use of a flow sensor during general anesthesia has recently become common. However, it is not certain whether the information derived from flow-volume curves is
Takamitsu Ikeda, Kanji Uchida, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Takahide Nagase, Koji Oba, Yoshitsugu Yamada   +5 more
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Models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2004
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health problem and is predicted to become the third most common cause of death by 2020. Apart from the important preventive steps of smoking cessation, there are no other specific treatments ...
David A Groneberg, Chung K Fan, Chung, K. Fan, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Groneberg David A, K Fan Chung   +5 more
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