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

Ancient Greek physicians observed symptoms of sleep apnea and relied on surgery to treat airway issues, as shown in Dionysius ...

Researchers from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have devised a way to lower the health risks of using endotracheal ...

A Warfighter with a severe airway obstruction is at risk of death from suffocation within minutes. That’s why management of traumatic airway injuries is critically important for medical ...

11 After the obstruction has been relieved it is important to consider possible sequelae. These include aspiration pneumonitis, post-obstructive pulmonary oedema, cerebral hypoxia or oedema, and ...

Laryngeal oedema is a known complication of intubation that may cause airway obstruction in a patient on extubation ... who are at high risk for postextubation stridor (such as airway trauma) and ...

is a common sleep disorder characterized by repeated interruptions in breathing during sleep due to the obstruction of the upper airway," explains Dr. Leah Kaylor, sleep and trauma specialist.

Head trauma can be an isolated injury or part of a traumatic ... A reduced level of consciousness may lead to airway obstruction or inadequate ventilation with consequent reduced oxygenation, elevated ...

As trauma patients with airway compromise may ... It may be that a complicated patient with a partial airway obstruction from bleeding or swelling may benefit from one of these.