background: establishment of a patent airway and preserving spontaneous ventilation is a necessity in predicted difficult airway. airway regional blocks are commonly used in predicted difficult airway but the known limitations of these techniques propose the need to suggest alternative methods. this study compares subcutaneous dissociative conscious sedation (sdcs); a recently reported method o...

objective: asthma is an airway complex disease defined by reversible airway narrowing and obstruction, chronic airway inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness, and tissue remodeling. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of brassica napus l. (b. napus) on airway pathologic changes in a rat model of asthma. materials and methods: twenty-four rats were divided into 4 groups: contr...

clinical asthma and airway responsiveness appear to be less severe when diabetes is superimposed. the aim of the present study was to determine the possible role of nitric oxide (no) in the airway reactivity under diabetic and diabetic-allergic conditions. twenty-five male guinea-pigs were divided into five groups of five each as follows: diabetic, antigen sensitized, diabetic- antigen sensitiz...

quercetin is a dietary flavonoid which has anti-inflammatory effects. this study aimed to evaluate the influence of quercetin on histopathological aspects and airway epithelium in  allergic airway  inflammation mice model. twenty-eight balb/c mice were randomly divided into four groups: group i (control), group ii (untreated mice with allergic airway inflammation), group iii (allergic airway in...

objectives: obstructive sleep apnoea (osa) is a potentially life‑threatening condition in which there is a periodic cessation of breathing (for 10 sec or longer) that occurs during sleep in the presence of inspiratory effort. the aim of the study was to assess volumetric and dimensional differences between osa patients and normal individuals in the upright posture. material and method: the pres...