BY: P.

DHILIP KUMAR

RESPIRATORY
OBSTRUCTION
DEFINITION

Airway obstruction can be complete or

partial.

 Complete airway obstruction is a medical

emergency.

 Incomplete airway obstruction occurs as a

result of aspiration of food or a foreign body.
ETIOLOGY

 Aspiration of food or a foreign substance.

 Laryngeal edema after extubation
 Laryngeal or tracheal stenosis
 Central nervous system depression and
allergic reaction.
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION

 Chest X-ray helps to identify obstruction.

 PFT to assess lung compliance
 Bronchoscope to visualize the bronchitis
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

 Stridor
 Use of accessory muscle
 Supra sternal and intercostal retractions
 Wheezing
 Restlessness
 Tachycardia
 Cyanosis
MANAGEMENT

 Heimlich maneuver: Giving abdominal thrusts

that results in expulsion of the foreign body
from the throat.
 Endotracheal intubation to maintain patent
airway
 Tracheostomy in case of complete
obstruction.