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Acute Airway Obstruction

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Central airway obstruction from malignant disease is a serious presentation of intrathoracic malignances. Symptoms may be subtle, mimic other pulmonary diseases, or be catastrophic. Management of acute airway obstruction begins with stabilization and resuscitation. Therapeutic bronchoscopy can rapidly alleviate malignant central airway obstruction, and a variety of tools can be used creatively and in combination to recanalize the airway.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Christopher H. Chang & Lakshmi Mudambi

  2. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, USA

    Lakshmi Mudambi

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  1. Former Professor and Founding Chair (Retired), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

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  2. Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Medicine, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Charles R. Thomas, Jr.

  3. Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

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Chang, C.H., Mudambi, L. (2021). Acute Airway Obstruction. In: Todd, K.H., Thomas, Jr., C.R., Alagappan, K. (eds) Oncologic Emergency Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67123-5_15

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