Airways Obstruction
Key Facts
Abbreviation
AO
Pronunciation
/ˈɛrˌweɪz əbˈstrəkʃən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine
Examples in Context
- Peripheral deposition is favored by deep inspiration, slow respiratory rate, breath-holding, and airways obstruction. Lucy waited, pressed against the wall next to the window, straining to hear.
- Few studies have investigated the role that transitory changes in negative mood play in the fluctuation of airways obstruction and symptom reports in asthmatics.
- Asthma is a chronic disorder of the airways, and is characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, airway eosinophil inflammation, persistent airway hyperreactivity, and airway remodeling.
- Background Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorders of the airways in which many cells and cellular elements play an important role, associated with variable airflow obstruction, airway hyperresponsiveness ( AHR ) and mucus hypersecretion.
Other meanings of AO
Agent Orange
Gov
Atlantic Ocean
Academic
Adults Only
Community
Antiquites Orientales
Community
Aosta (Province)
Intl
American Optical Company
Business
Accrediting Organization
Business