• Airway tone, short for airway smooth muscle tone, is the degree of sustained contractile activation of airway smooth muscle. The airways have a tone baseline...
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    Respiratory tract (redirect from Airway)
    cause a dry mouth and lead to infections. Airway tone Jet ventilation Nasopharyngeal airway Oropharyngeal airway Patwa A, Shah A (September 2015). "Anatomy...
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    a steady tone (the A and N Morse codes merge to form a steady tone when the receiver is equidistant from both transmitters). Later airways were based...
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    upper airway tone is again lost, the patient enters the various levels of noisy breathing and the airway blockage returns. The cycle of muscle-tone loss...
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    cellular signaling molecule. It helps modulate vascular tone, insulin secretion, airway tone, and peristalsis, and is involved in angiogenesis and neural...
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  • Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية القطرية, al-Qaṭariyya), operating as Qatar Airways, is the flag carrier of Qatar. Headquartered in...
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    Etihad Airways (Arabic: شَرِكَة ٱلْاِتِّحَاد لِلطَّيْرَان, romanized: sharikat al-ittiḥād li-ṭ-ṭayarān) is one of the two flag carriers of the United...
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    that some cases may be inherited. Relaxation or a lack of muscle tone in the upper airway may be a factor. It is often worse when the infant is on his or...
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    may not be able to maintain an open airway as a conscious person would. This can lead to an obstruction of the airway, restricting the flow of air and preventing...
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    or total loss of consciousness, the tongue can lose muscle tone and obstruct the upper airway. Other potential causes of obstruction include tumors of the...
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    Pulmonary aspiration (category Airway management)
    of certain factors such as depressed level of consciousness and impaired airway defenses (gag reflex and respiratory tract antimicrobial defense system)...
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    indicators are labeled "A" (or FM/Z), "O" and "M" (airway or Fan and Z marker, outer, middle). The airway marker was used to indicate reporting points along...
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  • Cyprus Airways (Greek: Κυπριακές Αερογραμμές) is the flag carrier of Cyprus, based at Larnaca International Airport. It commenced operations on 1 June...
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  • is that it does not compromise the patient's airway protective reflexes, keeps the upper airway muscle tone, and allows for spontaneous breathing. A common...
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  • this may also be a sign of an occluded airway. Normal: Strong, normal cry (this is a reliable sign of a clear airway) Consolability Abnormal: The child cannot...
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    follows the "usual priorities of airway, breathing, and circulation (ABC)". Treatment should be "directed at airway control with endotracheal intubation...
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  • EVA Air (redirect from Eva Airways)
    EVA Airways Corporation (/ˌiːviːˈeɪ/ EE-va; Chinese: 長榮航空; pinyin: Chángróng Hángkōng) (TWSE: 2618) is a Taiwanese international airline headquartered...
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    beta-blockade. The progressive airway dilation with increasing exercise is mediated by a progressive reduction in resting vagal tone. Beta blockade with propranolol...
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  • Qantas Airways Limited, or simply Qantas (/ˈkwɒntəs/ KWON-təs), is the flag carrier of Australia, and the largest airline by fleet size, international...
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    Bronchoconstriction is the constriction of the airways in the lungs due to the tightening of surrounding smooth muscle, with consequent coughing, wheezing...
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  • collapsing the surgical space, or migrating into the patient's neck and causing airway blockage. In hip arthroscopy, a feared complication is abdominal flooding...
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    fundamental physiological functions (skeletal muscle contractility, airway tone, cardiac response to adrenergic stimulation, neuroprotection and development)...
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    GSNO and NO concentrations regulate respiratory function by modulating airway tone and pro- and anti-inflammatory responses in the respiratory tract. Because...
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    epithelial population. PNECs are innervated airway epithelial cells that are particularly focused at airway junction points. These cells can produce serotonin...
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    Bag valve mask (category Airway management)
    an alternative airway adjunct, instead of to the mask. For example, it can be attached to an endotracheal tube or laryngeal mask airway. Small heat and...
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    Zagreb mid-air collision took place on 10 September 1976, when British Airways Flight 476, a Hawker Siddeley Trident en route from London to Istanbul...
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  • Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased...
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  • (surname 徐) (徐) Xu (surname 許) (许/許) The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then both surnames...
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    increases the diameter of the airway lumen; second, it reduces fluid exudation from postcapillary venules. It can reduce nasal airway resistance (NAR) up to...
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  • shareholders are Swire Pacific with a 45% stake, Air China with 30% and Qatar Airways with 9.9%. Cathay Pacific is one of the founding members of Oneworld. The...
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