Journal Reviews

Inspiratory peak flow and tracheostomy

1 July 2018 | | Acute obstruction of the upper airways, Inspiratory dyspnea, Advanced inspiratory flow (PID), Tracheotomy, Cancer of VADS

The evaluation of the degree of laryngeal obstruction to indicate a tracheostomy has always been a subjective decision. The authors correlated the visual laryngeal obstruction by flexible nasolaryngoscopy and the peak inspiratory flow using a pocket peak inspiratory flowmeter. Twenty-two...

Changes in airway dimensions after orthognathic surgery

1 May 2016 | | imaging, orthognathic surgery, three-dimensional, upper airways

This is a systematic review of meta-analysis evaluating the effect of different types of orthognathic surgery on the cross sectional area and volume of the upper airway as assessed using CT or MRI. They found 28 articles of which only...