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Original Source: Sitting Posture Decreases Collapsibility of the Passive Pharynx in Anesthetized Paralyzed Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
BACKGROUND:: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for difficult and/or impossible mask ventilation during anesthesia induction. Postural change from supine to sitting improves nocturnal breathing in patients with OSA. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of patient position on collapsibility of the pharyngeal airway in anesthetized and paralyzed patients with OSA. The authors tested the hypothesis that the passive pharynx is structurally less collapsible during sitting...
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Stridor is a high pitched wheezing sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway. It is primarily inspiratory. It can be indicative of serious airway obstruction from severe conditions...
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Virtual vehicle vibrations: Predicting role of posture in traffic collision injuries
A researcher has designed a computer program that allows engineers to accurately predict the role posture plays in transferring the stress of vehicle motion to bone and muscle in the head and neck.
Computer Program Predicts The Role Posture May Play In Reducing Head, Neck Injuries
"Sit up straight in your chair!" That command given by countless parents to their children may one day be delivered by vehicle designers to a robot that is actually a computerized model of a long-dist...
Ion Channel Helps Clear Airway Mucus
Allergens, such as dust, pollen, and smoke, trigger airway inflammation, leading to an increase in mucus secretion. The mucus binds up the allergens and, in a process known as mucociliary clearance, e...
Boehringer’s Olodaterol Gains Advisory Committee Support, But May See Indication Clarified
FDA’s Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee voted 15-1 that efficacy and safety had been shown, but said the label should not imply it is a treatment for chronic bronchitis and emphysema, just...
Iatrogenic obstruction after sling surgery
As sling surgery becomes an increasingly popular treatment option for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), iatrogenic obstruction and postoperative voiding dysfunction are becoming recognized...
Managing the Airway During Cardiac Arrest Managing the Airway During Cardiac Arrest
For decades, an axiom of care in the resuscitation of cardiopulmonary arrest was “airway first.” Airway management seeks to maintain or create an open pathway to the lungs to ensure adequate oxyge...
OPTP Introduces Weighted Headbands
MINNEAPOLIS -- OPTP announces the release of HALO weighted headbands, designed to strengthen the neck and alleviate pain associated with injury or poor posture. These therapeutic tools assist neuromus...
Prehospital Airway Management for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest—Reply
In Reply: As we indicated in our article, our study did not collect information on the process of advanced airway management, which would require independent observers. This information would have bee...
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Upper airway obstruction resulting from overflexion fixation of the cervical spine is a rare but life-threatening complication after cervical spine surgery. There are few reports of dyspnea after a po...
Fluctuation analysis has great potential to contribute to pulmonary clinical science and practice. We evaluated the relationship between asthma and the respiratory impedance recurrence period density...
PURPOSE: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) differs between genders in terms of the type, signs, and symptoms of the disease. Partial upper airway obstruction is underdiagnosed and undertreated. METHODS...
Novel Grading System for Quantifying Upper-Airway Obstruction on Sleep Endoscopy.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to present a novel anatomically comprehensive and clinically applicable system for the quantification of sleep endoscopy findings in patient...
COPD and Depressive Symptoms: Findings from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) co-exists with depression, but important questions remain about the determinants of this association. PURPOSE: We examined the association of d...
