Angina bullosa haemorrhagica (ABH) is a rare condition in which blood-filled blisters may rapidly form within the oral mucosa. While these blisters often self-resolve without treatment, there have ...

Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) is a sleep-related breathing disorder characterised by partial or complete obstruction of the upper respiratory tract. Owing to their ...

There have been significant new developments in our recognition of age specific presentations in skeletal muscle channelopathies. A prominent example of this is the phenotype of SNEL: Severe Neonatal ...

1 Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 2 Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesia ...

3 Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Background Most patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are treated with mechanical insufflation–exsufflation (MI-E) in ...

Objective Mortality rates from birth asphyxia in low-income countries remain high. Face mask ventilation (FMV) performed by midwives is the usual method of resuscitating neonates in such settings but ...

Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is caused by paradoxical inspiratory adduction of laryngeal structures during exercise. EILO is an important cause of upper airway dysfunction in young ...

Sleep apnea is a condition where the airway collapses or the brain fails to initiate a breath. Insomnia can happen due to poor sleep habits or medical and psychiatric conditions. Circadian rhythm ...

1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium 2 Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium ...