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Airway Obstruction (Choking) Summary

Description: Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the lungs.

Also Known As: Choking; Airway Obstructions; Obstruction, Airway; Obstructions, Airway

Networked: 4020 relevant articles (244 outcomes, 285 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Airway Obstruction

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Albuterol (Salbutamol) : 9 outcomes 12 studies in 79 results : FDA 92 Generic
  2. Theophylline (Theon) : 7 outcomes 5 studies in 60 results : FDA 119 Generic
  3. Oxygen : 6 outcomes 12 studies in 225 results : IBA
  4. Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids) : 5 outcomes 5 studies in 74 results : IBA
  5. Ipratropium (Ipratropium Bromide) : 5 outcomes 4 studies in 26 results : FDA 32 Generic
  6. heliox : 5 outcomes 3 studies in 28 results : IBA
  7. Prednisone (Sone) : 5 outcomes 3 studies in 12 results : FDA 119 Generic
  8. salmeterol (Serevent) : 4 outcomes 6 studies in 21 results : FDA 4
  9. Methacholine Chloride (Methacholine) : 3 outcomes 6 studies in 77 results : FDA 1
  10. Helium : 3 outcomes 5 studies in 54 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Airway Obstruction

  1. Asthma (Bronchial Asthma)
  2. Inflammation
  3. Sleep Apnea Syndromes (Sleep Apnea)
  4. Neoplasms (Cancer)
  5. Pathologic Constriction (Stenosis)
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Key Therapies for Airway Obstruction

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  1. Stents : 17 outcomes 7 studies in 159 results
  2. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure : 11 outcomes 2 studies in 56 results
  3. Tracheostomy : 10 outcomes 8 studies in 312 results
  4. Lasers (Laser) : 10 outcomes 3 studies in 64 results
  5. Tracheotomy : 9 outcomes 4 studies in 149 results
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