Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
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Upper Airway Issues that can<br />
Compromise Respiration<br />
• Unilateral vocal fold motion impairment (abductory)<br />
• Bilateral vocal fold motion impairment (abductory)<br />
• Re<strong>in</strong>ke’s edema<br />
• <strong>Laryngeal</strong> papilloma<br />
• <strong>Laryngeal</strong> carc<strong>in</strong>oma<br />
• Vocal Fold Granuloma<br />
• Laryngospasm<br />
• Involuntary vocal fold closure<br />
• Cough<br />
• Adductory <strong>Laryngeal</strong> Breath<strong>in</strong>g Dystonia<br />
• Acute <strong>in</strong>fection (eg croup, laryngitis, epiglottitis)<br />
• Allergies<br />
• Laryngomalacia<br />
• Tracheomalacia/Stenosis<br />
• Foreign body <strong>in</strong> airway<br />
• Extr<strong>in</strong>sic/<strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic airway compression by tumor <strong>in</strong>ferior to glottis