We describe a case of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome that occurred after tracheal surgery. The patient refused a tracheal stent placement and any surgical procedure aimed at stabilizing the tracheal walls. She was treated with a continuous positive airway pressure.

conclusions these results showed the preventive effect of hydroethanolic extract of n. sativa on tracheal responsiveness of guinea pig model of copd, which was as effective as vitamin c. results the tracheal responsiveness to both methacholine and ovalbumin in guinea pigs with copd were significantly higher than those of controls (p < 0.001 for both cases). the tracheal responsiveness in the co...

STUDY OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to determine whether tracheal aspirate cultures correlate with protected specimen brush (PSB) cultures in the diagnosis of probable ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). DESIGN Retrospective evaluation of 52 episodes of clinical pneumonia in 38 patients who underwent bronchoscopy and PSB as well as tracheal aspirate cultures. SETTING The study took...

Drosophila tracheal terminal branches are plastic and have the capacity to sprout-out projections towards oxygen-starved areas, in a process analogous to mammalian angiogenesis. It was previously shown that this sprouting response involves the upregulation of the FGF homolog Branchless in hypoxic tissues, which binds its receptor Breathless on tracheal cells, thereby attracting the outgrowth of...

Drosophila tracheal terminal branches are plastic and have the capacity to sprout-out projections towards oxygen-starved areas, in a process analogous to mammalian angiogenesis. It was previously shown that this sprouting response involves the upregulation of the FGF homolog Branchless in hypoxic tissues, which binds its receptor Breathless on tracheal cells, thereby attracting the outgrowth of...

OBJECTIVE A fast-track recovery in cardiac surgery yields many benefits, and early tracheal extubation is important as the first step. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the status of early tracheal extubation after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and to find key factors for successful early tracheal extubation. METHODS From September 1996 to February 2005, isolated on-pu...

Mycoplasma gallisepticum-mediated respiratory inflammation in chickens is associated with accumulation of leukocytes in the tracheal submucosa. However the molecular mechanisms underpinning these changes have not been well described. We hypothesized that the initial inflammatory events are initiated upon ligation of mycoplasma lipid associated membrane proteins (LAMP) to TLRs expressed on chick...

A 41-year-old man, with a history of intravenous drug abuse, presented with a mass in the right side of the neck. The mass had increased in size over a three-day period, producing local pain, hoarseness, shortness of breath, fever and pain of the right arm. Anamnesis told he performed internal jugular drug injection on a regular base. Physical examination revealed a pulsatile supraclavicular ma...