The nose and lung are both part of the respiratory tract. Often the diseases affecting the nose and/or the bronchi are treated separately. However, in recent years, numerous studies have highlighted the fact that the respiratory system is a single entity and the concept of "united airway disease" has become more and more important. The unity of the respiratory tract is confirmed both from a mor...

espiratory diseases place heavy demands on health service resources throughout the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries. They also have severe economic consequences, since sufferers tend to be incapacitated for a number of years of their earning life. They account for one fifth of all deaths and one quarter of all consultations with general practitioners and absence from work becaus...

In the United States, advanced level rescuers often use endotracheal intubation (ETI) to provide oxygenation and ventilation to apneic or hypoventilating patients. Alternate airways are devices that facilitate oxygenation and ventilation without the use of an endotracheal tube (Table 1). Other terms used to describe an alternate airway include rescue airway device, alternative airway, secondary...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Topical beta antagonists are prescribed for glaucoma in approximately 500 000 people in the United Kingdom. The authors have previously shown that topical beta antagonists are associated with an excess incidence of airways obstruction. They examined whether selective topical beta antagonists are associated with excess airways obstruction. METHODS A historical cohort study was ...

Background/aims: Topical b antagonists are prescribed for glaucoma in approximately 500 000 people in the United Kingdom. The authors have previously shown that topical b antagonists are associated with an excess incidence of airways obstruction. They examined whether selective topical b antagonists are associated with excess airways obstruction. Methods: A historical cohort study was performed...

Upper and lower airways are considered a unified morphological and functional unit, and the connection existing between them has been observed for many years, both in health and in disease. There is strong epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, and clinical evidence supporting an integrated view of rhinitis and asthma: united airway disease in the present review. The term "united airway disease" is o...

Difficult airway management and maintenance of oxygenation remain the two most challenging tasks for anesthetists, while also being controversial items in terms of clinically based-evidence to support relevant guidelines in the literature. Nevertheless, different expert groups and scientific societies from several countries have published guidelines dedicated to the management of difficult airw...