The left lateral position also enhances breathing efficiency ... This improvement occurs because elevation prevents the collapse of upper airway tissues that commonly occurs in horizontal ...

Although continuous positive airway ... in the upper neck at the inferior border of the submandibular gland. The nerve was followed anteromedially until it branched into a lateral and a medial ...

Regurgitated gastric contents, debris in the mouth or upper airway, loose dentures or mechanical obstruction ... Historically the left lateral position has been advocated for the recovery position ...

Conservative treatment consists of weight loss, the use of a lateral sleep position ... The level of continuous positive airway pressure required to restore upper-airway patency is traditionally ...

Head tilt, chin lift and jaw thrust are manoeuvres that can improve patency of an airway obstructed by the tongue or other upper airway structure ... the patient should ideally be placed in the ...

The study, titled “Airway Scope for Tracheal Intubation in the Lateral Position” and led by researchers at Cleveland Clinic, randomly assigned anesthetized adults to supine, left-lateral or ...

A study published on April 23 in the Online First section of the journal Chest finds an elevated upper body position might improve ... death is postpartum airway obstruction.