[PDF] Top 20 Psychogenic Upper Airway Obstruction

... Findings compatible with a psychogenic cause include the precipitation of airway obstruction by suggestion (cases 2 and 3), lack ofresponse to ther- apy thought appropriate at the time ([r] ... See full document

... Psychogenic stridor, a recently reported cause of acute upper-airway obstruction, is also known as paradoxical vocal cord motion.’3 Although re-.. ported to occur predominantly among you[r] ... See full document

... cause upper airway obstruction. Upper respiratory tract infection is the most common predis- posing factor to RPA in children while cervical spine tuberculosis and trauma are the major ... See full document

... of upper airway obstruction, prolonged mechani- cal ventilation, airway protection in the comatose and facilitation of tracheo-bronchial toileting ...obstructive airway disease second- ... See full document

... Nonetheless, our study also shows the difficulties in- volved in setting up and maintaining the multidisciplin- ary infrastructure required for an objective evaluation of any RS treatment, which should include repeated ... See full document

... of upper airway obstruction, we expected that 10% of the PSG⫺ T&A children would remain symptomatic at the 6-month follow-up (overall clinical assessment score ⱖ 20) and that 90% would be ... See full document

... of upper airway obstruction, pre-operative sedative pre- medication should be used with caution in patients with MPS VI and only with appropriate ...the upper and lower airways anatomy (for ... See full document

... of upper airway obstruction due to macroglossia is one of the most important anesthetic management considerations when dealing with these patients, requiring careful preoperative airway ... See full document

... dyskinesia, airway abnormalities such as tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia, chronic purulent or suppurative bronchitis in young chil- dren, and habit-cough ...the upper airway obstruction ... See full document

... An ECC revealed right axis deviation and right atrial enlargement. The child was transferred to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A physical examination revealed an underdeveloped boy[r] ... See full document

... Periodic breathing in infants with near-miss sudden infant death syndrome. Miller MJ, Carlo WA, DiFiore JM, Martin RJ[r] ... See full document

... A 74-year-old woman with a small cell lung cancer that metastasized to the kidney, liver, and bones, was admitted to the internal medicine department of our hospital. The Patient presented enlarging medial cervical mass ... See full document

... resuscitation. Obstruction of the upper airway during inspiration by the tongue or epiglottis complicates bag-mask ventilation in unconscious patients but can usually be corrected by tilting the head ... See full document

... Abstract: A 66-year-old female patient underwent an elective uncomplicated hysterectomy under general anesthe- sia. Following tracheal extubation, the patient developed hypoxemia, tachypnea, shortness of breath, ... See full document

... monitors may not detect apnea caused by upper airway obstruction.’ In the present study as well, the impedance monitor failed to alarm during 19 episodes in which no breath sounds were d[r] ... See full document

... which airway obstruction is not complete, such as with head and neck masses, predicting the severity of airway obstruction at birth is ...significant upper airway ... See full document

... A 3-month-old child with Beckwith- Wiedemann syndrome who manifested chronic upper air- way obstruction secondary to macroglossia is reported.. Early recognition and therapy of airway co[r] ... See full document

... Our study reproduced the results of previous studies in terms of obstruction level (6). The most frequently involved level in our cases was retropalatal followed by retrolingual with a minority of subjects showing ... See full document

... These should include disturbed sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness, snoring respi- rations, sleep apneas, upper airway obstruction,. mental retardation, failure to thrive, systemic hyper[r] ... See full document

... Demographic data were obtained. Also, information about frequency of bed wetting, signs and symptoms of upper airway obstruction (e.g., snoring, open mouth during sleep and sleep apnea), parental ... See full document