Airway epithelial cells act as a physical barrier against environmental toxins and injury, and modulate inflammation and the immune response. As such, maintenance of their integrity is critical.

It is proposed that cold-weather athletes have airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to pharmacologic agents as a result of epithelial injury. In those who are allergic, AHR can also be expressed as EIB.

A serious illness or injury is an emergency during which the patient could potentially die if treatment is not begun immediately so there may not be time to ask parents or other family members for ...

Complex airway surgery, particularly tracheal/carinal resection and reconstruction, is still considered as the “crown jewel” of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Notably, during these ...

This technique is helpful in cases in which a patient suffers facial injury. In fibre optic intubation, endoscopy is used to insert the tube inside the airway. Dr Pankaj Kundra from JIPMER ...

supraglottic airway insertion (SGA): paramedics place a special tube in the mouth and down the throat above the voice box and squeeze oxygen into the windpipe and lungs. In this study, we will ...