Respirtory Emergencies: Upper Airway Diseases

Question 1

What disease has these causes?

1. edema (trauma)
2. foreign body
3. Tumors
4. laryngeal paralysis​

Answer 1

Laryngeal obstruction​

Question 2

What disease has these clinical signs?

1. exercise intolerance
2. gagging while eating or drinking
3. laryngeal stridor: cyanosis, collapse​

Answer 2

Laryngeal obstruction​

Question 3

What disease has this treatment? 
1. oxygen supplementation 
2. glucocorticoids (inflammation)
3. removal of FB
surgery

Answer 3

Laryngeal obstruction​

Question 4

What disease happens most often in toy breeds?

Answer 4

Tracheal obstruction​

Question 5

What disease has these causes?

1. Collapse
2. Tumor
3. foreign body
4. C-rings of the trachea are not shaped normally
5. They look collapsed instead of nice and round
6. Will collapse when not rigid

Answer 5

Tracheal obstruction​

Question 6

What disease has these clinical signs?

1. repeated coughing
2. high-pitched respiratory noise
3. respiratory distress​

Answer 6

Tracheal obstruction​

Question 7

What disease has this treatment?

1. Antitussives
2. antiinflammatories
3. bronchodilators​
4. Surgery

Answer 7

Tracheal collapse