Sentences with phrase «airway disorders including»

Pediatric hearing loss, chronic ear disease, and cochlear implantation pediatric congenital and acquired head and neck masses pediatric voice and airway disorders including respiratory papillomatosis and subglottic stenosis pediatric sinus disease advanced surgery for obstructive sleep apnea facial nerve disorders

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The supine sleep position does not increase the risk of choking and aspiration in infants, even those with gastroesophageal reflux, because they have protective airway mechanisms.8, 9 Infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position for every sleep, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from complications of gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS (ie, those with upper airway disorders, for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired), 10 including infants with anatomic abnormalities such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

The AAP supports the recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, which state that infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS84 — specifically, infants with upper airway disorders for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired, which may include infants with anatomic abnormalities, such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts, who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

The Division of Pulmonary Medicine deals with the breath of life in all its aspects: control of breathing; sleep disorders; obstruction to airflow in the common diseases of upper and lower airways such as croup, bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; restriction to lung function from disorders affecting the chest wall, the musculature, the nervous system, or lung tissue itself; congenital anomalies; accidents such as inhalation of foreign bodies, hydrocarbons, or toxic gases; secondary effects of non-pulmonary system disorders such as gastrointestinal reflux, myopathy, or cardiac dysfunction; disease of the upper respiratory tract including rhinitis and sinusitis; and so on.

There are various causes for louder breathing especially as a dog ages which may include laryngeal paralysis, soft palate disorders, narrowing of airways, thyroid enlargement, polyps or other masses (tumours) among other causes.

There are many different causes for breathing changes in dogs, some of which may be indicative of some condition which may include infections, pulmonary edema, laryngeal disorders, tracheal disorders, narrowing airways, heart disease among other issues.

We are available to assist in the diagnosis and management of dogs and cats with gastrointestinal disorders, hepatic or pancreatic diseases, liver or bladder diseases, upper and lower airway diseases (including nasal disease), endocrine and other metabolic disorders, and infectious diseases.

The medicine faculty have numerous ongoing research projects including: genetic investigations of airway obstruction and immunologic disorders of horses along with the investigation of several infectious diseases including: equine herpesvirus, strangles, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, viral hepatitis and salmonellosis.

The most commonly recorded fine level disorders within the URT group included brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS)(2.4 %), URT disorder (2.1 %), and stenotic nares (1.7 %).