Each patient with acute upper airway obstruction is distinct. The treating clinician must consider several factors, including the patient’s age, coexisting conditions, ability to remain in the ...

The American College of Chest Physicians published a clinical practice guideline on management of central airway obstruction. Panelists emphasize the need for a multidisciplinary, patient-centric ...

Precision medicine and phenotyping help tailor treatments to individual patient profiles.

Airway cells normally move the mucus they ... suggest that the intelectin-1 protein is involved in mucus obstruction among ...

We hypothesized that treatment of obstructive sleep apnea by continuous positive airway pressure in patients with heart failure would improve left ventricular systolic function. In the control ...

But although this remodeling occurs throughout the airway wall ... be a mechanism behind airflow obstruction and that worse clinical outcomes occur among patients with mucus plugs, Hsieh said.

a novel oral drug that targets the neuromuscular root cause of airway obstruction in sleep apnea and holds promise for transforming care for a broad range of patients.” Full results from the ...

More information: Ruifeng Guo et al, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Meta-Analysis of ...

Spirair, Inc., an early-stage company developing minimally invasive solutions to help ENTs improve patient care, today ...