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Abstract
Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the lungs.
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4 entry terms
- Airway Obstructions
- Obstruction, Airway
- Obstructions, Airway
- Choking
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
acute; chronic airway obstruction = PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION is also available
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72(71)
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Previous Indexing
- Respiratory Tract Diseases (1966-1970)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Airway Obstruction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000402. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000402
- Airway Obstruction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airway_obstruction
- Airway Obstruction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4330029