Sentences with phrase «as airway obstruction»

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The author reminds readers, «The ability to handle airway obstruction and to ventilate with a bag and a mask are equally as important, if not more important, than the ability to intubate.

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.

Whilst many perceive the wrinkly faces of flat - faced pooches as appealing and adorable, in reality, dogs with short muzzles are predisposed to a plethora of serious and often life - threatening health problems, such as tracheal collapse (obstruction of the airways), heart disease, ulcers, and skin infections.

Surgically address upper airway obstructions, such as brachycephalic airway disease or laryngeal paralysis, to decrease risk in individual susceptible patients.

These include, but are not limited to, diseases of the respiratory tract such as pneumonia, recurrent airway obstruction (RAO or heaves), and exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH); neurological abnormalities such as wobbler's syndrome and equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM); gastrointestinal diseases such as colic, diarrhea, equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS), and weight loss; endocrine conditions such as equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) and Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID, or Equine Cushing's syndrome); neonatal foal care; and many more.

A mild form of lower airway inflammatory disease commonly encountered in young athletic horses is recognized as a separate entity from recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) and termed IAD.

Although it covers other conditions as well, this term is often used for something that is more correctly called brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome or BAOS for short.

We hypothesize that, if the upper airway obstruction in these dogs can be alleviated, improvement in their respiratory compromise might be seen as well as a reduction in the severity of their HH.

This could a an allergic reaction, with the speed of the swelling and that it is causing coughing; I would recommend visiting your Veterinarian as swelling may cause airway obstruction.

The combination of any of these is known as Brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome (BOAS).