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Ventilatory Approach in Upper Airway/Neck Cancer Patients with Respiratory Failure

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Head and neck cancers encompass a variety of malignancies arising from the upper aerodigestive tract. There are approximately 500,000 cases annually worldwide and associated with significant mortality in both Europe and the USA at roughly 63,500 and 13,000 per year, respectively [1, 2]. It is divided into five areas—oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, and the salivary glands. Due to the anatomical areas involved, airway compromise leading to acute respiratory failure is fairly common, and it may occur due to the primary lesion or as a complication of its treatment. It is one of the main reasons for critical care admissions in these patients and contributes significantly to hospital and ICU mortality [3–5]. In this chapter, we discuss our recommendations of how to approach acute respiratory failure in patients with upper airway cancer.

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Mina, B., Gafoor, K., Ishikawa, O. (2018). Ventilatory Approach in Upper Airway/Neck Cancer Patients with Respiratory Failure. In: Esquinas, A., Pravinkumar, S., SOUBANI, A. (eds) Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Cancer Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49256-8_7

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