RECOGNIZE COMMON CAUSES OF UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION An object lodged in the airway of a casualty who is conscious can result in unconsciousness, clinical death, and biological death. [nursing411.org]

Continue alternating five back blows and five abdominal thrusts until successful or the patient becomes unconscious. In an unconscious patient: Lower the patient to the floor. Call an ambulance immediately. [patient.info]

If the patient becomes unconscious, support the patient carefully to the ground. Immediately call an ambulance and begin CPR. Feel for a carotid pulse and initiate chest compressions even if a pulse is present in the unconscious choking patient. [gponline.com]

In the unconscious patient, hypopharyngeal obstruction by the base of the relaxed tongue occurs always when the neck is flexed and almost always when the head is in the mid-position. [jamanetwork.com]

For the conscious patient with an apparent partial obstruction, encourage him or her to cough. NOTE: In cases where the patient has an apparent partial obstruction but cannot cough, begin to treat the patient as if this were a complete obstruction. [medical.tpub.com]

Children [ 3 ] If coughing effectively, just encourage the child to cough, and monitor continuously. If coughing is, or is becoming, ineffective, shout for help and assess the child's conscious level. [patient.info]

Attempts at coughing are silent. Patient may be unconscious. Adult choking sequence This is for adults and children over the age of one year. 1. [gponline.com]

As the plane gained elevation, the mass would grow and cause him to become stridorous and short of breath. The shortness of breath and stridor would only resolve upon landing of the plane. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Introduction Laryngomalacia is the most common congenital laryngeal anomaly and is the most frequent congenital cause of stridor in infants. [pedsinreview.aappublications.org]

Inspiratory stridor and increased work of breathing are the hallmarks. [lifeinthefastlane.com]

D L CO% predicted was also the strongest correlate of dyspnea/̇VO 2 slope (r -0.352, p 0.005). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

 Dyspnea at rest develops when the airway diameter reaches 5 mm, coinciding with the onset of stridor.  Sound recordings from the neck and chest have shown that the sound signals from the asthmatic wheeze and stridor are of similar frequency. [slideshare.net]

Dyspnea at rest develops when the airway diameter reaches 5 mm. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Dyspnea at rest develops when the airway diameter reaches 5mm. [pulmonologyadvisor.com]

He was restless and agitated, in the "chest-knee'" position, with dyspnea, tachypnea and audible inspiratory stridor in the head up position. Cyanosis was present on the fingernails and lips. [casesjournal.biomedcentral.com]

Clinical manifestations • Barking cough • Respiratory distress • Tachypnea • Inspiratory stridor • Hoarseness • Elevated temperature • Rapid pulse • Irritability • Dysphagia • In severe cases, manifestations may progress to shock, cyanosis, impaired consciousness [slideshare.net]

Intracranial hypertension was identified by the presence of papilledema on funduscopy, supplemented by optical coherence tomography and/or intracranial pressure monitoring. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Coronary angiography demonstrated no coronary artery disease, but left ventricular angiography showed marked apical ballooning and apical wall akinesia consistent with a diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 12-lead electrocardiogram showed widespread T-wave inversion and QT prolongation suggestive of an acute coronary syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]