Signs of postoperative airway obstruction

Postoperative Airway Obstruction by a Bone Fragment

Postoperative airway obstructions are potentially life-threatening complications. These obstructions may be classified as functional (sagging tongue, laryngospasm, or bronchospasm), pathoanatomical (airway swelling or hematoma within the airways), or foreign body-related. Various cases of airway obstruction by foreign bodies have previously been reported, for example, by broken teeth or damaged...

Upper Airway Obstruction*

Chronic upper airway obstruction is frequently unrecognized or misdiagnosed as other conditions such as asthma or chronic airflow obstruction (CAO). Clinical features such as stridor may lead to diagnosis or it may initially be suspected from the results of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) ordered for another reason. We will review the physiology and the pulmonary function tests which are necess...

Airway Obstruction Among

This analysis was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of airway obstruction among Latino poultry processing workers. Data were collected from 279 poultry processing workers and 222 other manual laborers via spirometry and interviewer-administered questionnaires. Participants employed in poultry processing reported the activities they perform at work. Participants with forced expiratory volume ...

Repeatability of physical signs in airways obstruction.

Bilateral harvesting of internal thoracic artery for coronary bypass: augmenting the risk for postoperative airway obstruction?

seems there is a semantic confusion in the definition of perimembranous VSD coming from the vague definition given by many authors using the term subarterial or subaor-tic VSD to describe perimembranous VSD. When the aorta is far away, it seems that there is difficulty in distinguishing perimembranous VSD from inlet VSD. The definition of the membranous septum is independent from the aortic ann...