11. Lower airway obstruction can be measured using spirometry. 12. The autopsy concluded she was born alive and breathing, but suffocated because of the airway obstruction . 13. The consequences of vessel and airway obstruction include chylous fluid accumulations, hemoptysis, airflow obstruction and pneumothorax. 14. Rarely, children will have significant life-threatening airway obstruction . 15. Women with the highest degree of airway obstruction during sleep also had the highest blood pressures. 16. Additionally, implementation of a cuffing system is used to prevent the possibility of asphyxiation or airway obstruction . 17. The presence of the tumor may disrupt the normal upper airway obstruction and superior vena cava syndrome. 18. This test is contraindicated in patients with severe airway obstruction due to the obvious worsening of the obstruction. 19. Airway obstruction and the open-mouth breathing that often results can cause crooked teeth and misaligned jaws, Kendrick said.20. Others have claimed that the patch could dislodge and go down the throat and cause an airway obstruction .
