ALLMedicine™ Vocal Cord Dysfunction Center

Mar 16th, 2023 - Severe uncontrolled asthma (SUA) is frequently treated with biologic therapy if a T2 phenotype is found. Bronchoscopy is not routinely recommended in these patients unless a specific indication to rule out comorbidities is present. Is routine bron...

Feb 23rd, 2023 - Vocal cord dysfunction is an upper-airway disorder characterized by exaggerated and transient glottic constriction causing respiratory and laryngeal symptoms. Common presentation is with inspiratory stridor often in the context of emotional stress...

Jan 12th, 2023 - History A detailed assessment of the medical history should address the following: Whether symptoms are attributable to asthma Whether findings support the likelihood of asthma (eg, family history) Asthma severity Identification of possible precip...

Dec 30th, 2022 - Currently there is no consistent and widely accepted approach to the diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction (VCD/ILO). Harmonised diagnostic methods are vital to enable optimal diagnosis, advance management and enable ...

Nov 21st, 2022 - Approximately 30-50% of infants undergoing neonatal surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) cannot meet oral feeding goals by discharge and require feeding tube support at home. Feeding tubes are associated with increased readmission rates and ...

Oct 12th, 2022 - Our primary outcome measure is the development of a near fatal asthma exacerbation. Secondary outcome measures will include the duration of continuously nebulized ADRβ2 agonist therapy and the duration of IV ADRβ2 agonist therapy. Children will be...

Feb 21st, 2022 - This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The principal investigator or another clinical investigator in charge will individually inform the patients about the study, on the day before surgery. When informed consent is obtained, an invest...

Nov 9th, 2021 - Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) refers to the abnormal adduction of the vocal cords during breathing resulting in extrathoracic airway obstruction. These patients often complain of wheezing, cough and shortness of breath. Symptoms of VCD mimic asthma...

Jun 9th, 2021 - The practice of performing tracheostomy and gastrostomy simultaneously has been reported since the 1980s. The safety and feasibility of simultaneous tracheostomy with gastrostomy (TSG), compared to non-simultaneous or delayed approach (TDG), among...

Nov 30th, 2020 - Exercise induced inspiratory symptoms (EIIS) is increasingly recognized as an important differential diagnosis to exercise induced asthma (EIA) in otherwise healthy adolescents. EIIS is most often linked to laryngeal abnormalities and if so, often...

Mar 15th, 2023 - Routine bronchoscopy may clarify the treatment pathways for patients suffering from severe uncontrolled asthma (SUA) who are being considered for biologic therapy indicated for a T2 inflammation phenotype, according to a prospective study. After r...

Feb 27th, 2023 - Experts shared advice on diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents showing signs of post-COVID conditions -- also known as long COVID -- during a CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) webinar. "Post-COVID conditions" i...

Sep 3rd, 2021 - Just one preoperative dose of dexamethasone proved of benefit for thyroidectomy patients, according to a randomized clinical trial in Pakistan. In a study of 192 patients, those who received dexamethasone prior to surgery saw significantly lower r...

Oct 9th, 2020 - Discussion This case is very challenging because the patient had the findings of and met the criteria for OSA, periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD)/restless legs syndrome (RLS), and hypersomnolence. She also had several historical findings that ...

May 18th, 2020 - Misdiagnosis of asthma reportedly occurs in as many as 30% of cases. Alternate diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, left ventricular failure, localized obstruction, cystic fibrosis, and/or vocal cord dysfunction should be exclu...