Sentences with phrase «upper airway diseases»

Dr. Anderson's interests include minimally invasive procedures such as laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, total hip arthroplasty (total hip replacement), canine orthopedic surgery, and upper airway diseases.

He has completed research in feline renal transplantation, upper airway diseases, and periosteal trauma, received a Small Animal Clinical Award and an Academic Excellence Award.

arthroscopy, upper airway disease and wound reconstruction.

Brachycephalic means short - headed, and when shortened to some extremes like we witness today with Bulldogs, this respiratory problem also called congenital obstructive upper airway disease leads to a series of related problem.

Evaluation and treatment of respiratory disease, including upper airway disease such as tracheal collapse and lower airway disease such as asthma, bronchitis, or pneumonia.

Genetic predisposition, nutritional deficiencies including Glucosamine / Chondroitin, excessive barking, other systemic or upper airway disease, and even prior trauma or smoke inhalation are proposed causes.

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Asthma is a chronic upper respiratory disease affecting the lungs and airways.

Nearly 30 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic disease that involves the repeated collapse of the upper airway during sleep.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, nearly 30 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic disease that involves the repeated collapse of the upper airway during sleep.

Our finding of sinusitis, bronchial hyperreactivity, and bronchial responsiveness in firefighters with World Trade Center cough is important but not surprising.17 - 20 An unexpected finding was that 87 percent of such firefighters reported symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease; such symptoms are generally reported by less than 25 percent of patients with chronic cough.1, 21,22 Despite the strong associations between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic cough17 - 20 and between gastroesophageal reflux disease and asthma,23 - 25 it remains unclear whether gastroesophageal reflux disease causes either condition.26 The causative mechanism may be repeated aspiration of minute amounts of refluxed material; vagally mediated esophageal, tracheobronchial, or laryngobronchial cough reflexes; or neurally mediated bronchial inflammation.23, 24,26 Involvement of the posterior nasopharynx is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, 27 whereas bronchial hyperreactivity may not be present.25, 26 For these reasons, we classified gastroesophageal reflux disease as an upper - airway symptom (Figure 2).

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.

Coughing can be a symptom of several maladies, including heartworm disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergic bronchitis, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart disease, lung cancer, and several other pathologies that can affect the upper and lower airways.

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

Kennel cough, also known Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (CIRD) or Infectious Tracheobronchitis results from inflammation of the upper airways.

«Infectious tracheobronchitis is a mild self - limiting disease that results in inflammation of the upper airways transmitted by air and caused possibly but not surely by several different viruses, mainly Parainfluenza virus and also by a bacteria — Bordetella Bronchiseptica, however, the exact cause may vary.»

He has extensive experience and knowledge in arthroscopy and other forms of minimally invasive surgery, as well as orthopedic / sports medicine and surgery, cruciate disease (TPLO, lateral suture), fracture fixation (plate / screws, external fixators), soft tissue (upper airway, intra-abdominal, and intra-thoracic), plastic / reconstructive surgery (skin grafts / flaps, wound management), early and advanced surgical oncology (skin, bone, and internal organ masses), and neurosurgical (vertebral fracture / luxations, hemilaminectomy, and ventral slot) procedures.

The team performed an upper airway exam to evaluate Merlin's airway, which confirmed the initial suspected diagnosis of laryngeal paralysis, a soft tissue disease that is characteristic for Merlin's age and breed.

«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.

This disease is characterized by inflammation of the upper parts of the respiratory system (primarily the bronchi, trachea and larynx, but can spread to the lungs and lower airways).

Common conditions addressed by soft tissue surgeons include exterior masses, serious wounds, upper airway and oral cavity diseases, surgically resectable benign and malignant tumors and surgical conditions of the heart, lungs and other internal organs.

Other common causes of heat stroke include: a previous episode of heat stroke, leaving a dog in a parked car, excessive exercise in hot, humid weather (this may be exercise that your dog can usually handle but not in warmer weather), lack of appropriate shelter outdoors, thicker - coated dogs in warm weather and underlying disease such as upper airway, heart of lung disease.

Dogs with collapsing trachea may have other concurrent diseases including heart disease and laryngeal paralysis, and they may be at a greater risk of acquiring upper airway infections.

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.