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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

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