Sentences with phrase «cause airway obstruction»

Bones can easily cause an airway obstruction and splinter off, creating a laceration in her digestive system.

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.

«But what we've now shown is that RSV has an increased ability to cause airway obstruction because, during an RSV infection, the virus expresses a specific RSV - encoded non-structural protein, or NS2, in epithelial cells, causing the cells to shed from the airway lining and into the airway lumen.

The warnings that an infant may slump in car seats, causing airway obstruction, and should therefore ride at a 45 degree angle, can be transferred to a smart approach to stroller safety.

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Top series: Images show the elongated shape of cells transforming into a ball shape before they shed from the lining of the airway to cause obstruction, a key reason why RSV leads to bronchiolitis.

This can be done using a procedure called «drug - induced sleep endoscopy» (DISE), in which stepwise doses of anesthetic doses are given to put the patient to sleep and reproduce the airway obstruction causing apnea.

Airway obstruction was caused by congenital tracheobronchomalacia (cartilage weakening) in 52 cases, by vascular compression in 43 cases, and a combination of both in three cases.

While the small conducting airways less than 2 mm in diameter are the major site of resistance to airflow in COPD, collapse greater than 50 percent of the larger central airway during exhalation has been hypothesized to cause additional airflow obstruction and respiratory morbidity.

Patients with COPD have airflow obstruction that is caused either by destruction of the air sacs that exchange gas in the lungs (emphysema) and / or inflammation of the airways (chronic bronchitis).

Without examining Patch I can not listen to his lungs and the rest of his airway to determine what the underlying cause may be; infections, obstructions, heart disease, poisoning, allergies among other causes may be the cause.

«These dogs often have a combination of upper - airway obstruction, which makes it hard to breathe, and a hiatal herniation, which causes reflux disease,» says Dr. Philipp Mayhew.

Tracheal collapse is a common cause of airway obstruction in dogs.

Dogs that are overweight or obese tend to have excess tissue in their throat which causes the obstruction that blocks the airways.

Large pieces of rawhide have been known to cause obstructions of the airway and intestines.

Avoiding Respiratory Problems in the Barn By Wendy Harless Mollat, DVM, DACVIM Inflammatory airway disease (IAD) and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), often called «heaves» or «COPD,» are common causes of poor performance, increased respiratory effort...