bypass obstruction
bypass obstruction
A partial occlusion of a mainstem bronchus, resulting in hyperdistension of an entire lobe of lung with potential for interstitial emphysema and rupture, in a fashion identical to that of the ball-valve phenomenon.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
bypass obstruction
A partial occlusion of a mainstem bronchus resulting in hyperdistension of an entire lobe, with potential for interstitial emphysema and rupture, in a fashion identical to that of the ball-valve phenomenonMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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A 20-year-old man with Morquio syndrome (Type IV mucopolysaccharidosis) had had a tracheostomy only possible via the cricothyroid membrane to
bypass obstruction at the laryngeal inlet caused by infiltration of glycosaminoglycan.
Kirchner summarized the purposes of tracheotomy as a means to "
bypass obstruction in the supralaryngeal or laryngeal airway, to provide access to the lower respiratory tract to clear it by suction or to provide mechanically assisted ventilation." (2)
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