Sentences with phrase «airways open»

The design works by raising the head during sleep to keep the airways open, therefore eliminating one of the main problems associated with snoring.

These masks are worn by sleep apnea patients at night to help keep airways open and to assist breathing, which provides more restful sleep.

Trouble breathing (a slight cough is normal — it's from the tube used to keep her airways open during surgery)

Bronchodilators help keep the airways open during an attack.

It is in fact how these animals have learned to sleep in order to keep their airways open.

«When you walk, your airways open up... and your blood vessels dilate, or open up... and these effects can last for a few days,» said study author Dr. Fan Chung.

Control bleeding via tourniquet or packing, keep airways open, and sealing off chest wounds.

Your doctor may prescribe a medical device called CPAP that helps keep your airways open while you sleep.

Benefits of CPAP include keeping your airways open while you sleep, easing snoring, improving sleep quality, relieving daytime sleepiness, and lowering blood pressure.

Moderate or severe cases may require sleeping with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, which supplies a steady stream of air to keep your airways open.

The babies in question died as a result on an inability to keep their airways open for proper breathing.

After 90 minutes, the risk of your baby no longer being able to consistently keep its airways open at this angle becomes more unlikely.

With good posture, however, your airways open up, and that naturally leads to better projection.

After the baby is in the carrier, you should be able to verify that your baby is properly positioned: his back fully supported in an upright position, his airway opened, and head free to move.

To prevent positional asphyxia, keep baby's airway open at all times.

A rear - facing seat is semi-reclined at 30 to 45 degrees to keep your baby's airway open.

The safest sleep position for your baby is flat on her back — this keeps her airway open.

Manufacturers of baby wraps, slings and soft - structured carriers like the Boba or Ergo do a great job of conveying the importance of keeping baby's airway open when worn.

Most car seats need to be modified with padding or head supports so that a preemie's head stays in a position that keeps the airway open.

Another important skill would be knowing how to keep the baby's airway open and unobstructed while he is being worn.

Kaiba's doctors contacted Glenn Green, a doctor who, along with his colleagues at the University of Michigan, was developing custom - fit tubes to wrap around a collapsed trachea as an irritant - free way to hold the airway open.

The attacks recurred for weeks until January 2012, when surgeons implanted a 3 - D - printed tube to hold the baby's airway open.

One treatment option for sleep apnea is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which helps keep the airway open by providing a stream of air through a mask that is worn during sleep.

They designed a tube that could wrap around the floppy portion of a trachea or bronchus and hold the airway open.

In November, several weeks after the paper was accepted but before it was published, the patient was readmitted to Karolinska with complications that ultimately required a stent to keep his airway open.

The nerve, stimulated by the charge, activates muscles that thrust Pierce's tongue forward in his mouth, which pulls his airway open.

Instead it sends a repeated charge to the nerve in the tongue during the night to keep the airway open.

Treatments range from low - tech — raising the back of your bed by 2 inches or sleeping on your side — to wearing an oxygen mask called a CPAP or a dental device that repositions your jaw and tongue to keep the airway open.

Once he was diagnosed with sleep apnea and began using an oral breathing device to keep his airway open at night, though, he found that daily exercise wasn't so daunting anymore.

For more severe cases, a device can help prevent the lower jaw from falling backwards into the airway, Dr. Somers says, or a face mask that delivers pressurized air into the nose (called continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP) can keep the airway open at night.

CPAP provides a steady stream of air through a mask that is worn during sleep, which keeps the airway open to prevent pauses in breathing and restore normal oxygen levels.

The goal is to keep the airway open so that breathing does not stop during sleep.

There is also an oral breathing device that helps keep the airway open, this is recommended for those with mild sleep apnea.

All patients receiving a general anesthetic will have a breathing (endotracheal) tube placed in order to keep the airway open and allow for supplemental oxygen or gas anesthesia as needed.

The hole created by the absence of the vocal folds makes for a larger airway opening and is generally large enough to relieve the obstruction.

A normal trachea is like a radiator hose or reinforced garden hose with regularly spaced rings of cartilage that keep the airway open, and a common diameter from the upper airways to the lungs.

Your pet will receive an intravenous injection of a short acting anesthetic and a tube will be placed in the trachea to keep the airway open during the operation.

Six years ago she had the soft pallet trimmed and nose airways opened up.

If your dog has not fasted prior to anesthesia, she could vomit and possibly aspirate food or fluid into her lungs, even with intubation (tube to keep the airway open).

A breathing tube should be placed on all anesthetized animals, as that keeps the airway open and allows for supplemental oxygen or gas anesthesia as needed.

Is the airway open or obstructed?

If your cat has not fasted prior to anesthesia, he could vomit and possibly aspirate food or fluid into his lungs, even with intubation (tube to keep the airway open).

Not exact matches

Ban disruptive snoring with this egg - shaped sensor that listens for snoring and gently moves the perpetrator's pillow only when needed to open airways without anybody having to wake up.

By enhancing the metabolism rates, chili powder brings relief to nasal congestion and opens lung airways; thus, reducing the symptoms of asthma and wheezing.

Male was aspirating on vomit, was rolled on his side to open airway.

They work quickly by keeping the airways relaxed and open, and are typically used 15 minutes before exercise to prevent EIB.

Head control should not be a new skill but a well - established skill where you (and your pediatrician) are not worried about your child's ability to lift his own head to maintain an open airway.

Once the baby is on your back, the spotter should be able to assess fit (i.e. verify baby's back is fully supported, centered and well - seated in the carrier, his airway is opened, and head is free to move).

To perform CPR on your baby, tilt back the baby's head to open the airway.

Use a blanket if you prefer extra privacy — but make sure you maintain visibility of baby to ensure their airway is open.