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Obstructive

Obstructive meaning

Causing obstructions.

Example sentences (20)

OSA accounts for 84%, CSA for 0.4%, and 15% of cases are mixed. citation Obstructive sleep apnea main Screenshot of a PSG system showing an obstructive apnea.

An Environment Agency spokesperson said: “We take our responsibility to protect the environment very seriously and will always pursue and prosecute companies that are deliberately obstructive or misleading.

Bertie, who came into the care of RSPCA Herefordshire Branch on December 6, is suffering from Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (or BOAS) which causes him to have difficulties breathing.

Folks with obstructive disease were more than eight times as likely to have a heart attack.

In 2021, Jasmine Cephas Jones revealed her father had a double lung transplant from fighting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

In general, side sleeping works best for the majority of people, especially those who have breathing problems while they sleep, including obstructive sleep apnea,” he said, adding that your body might also ache if you are overweight.

It is believed he suffered a fatal lung embolism, having undergone treatment in England and for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Johnson developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and told The Associated Press in a 2019 interview that he would regularly pass out because he could not get enough oxygen.

Mr Tierney had been in and out of hospital for 12 months prior to his death, suffering from Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Ms Quinn, who lived alone, had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and walked with a stick.

Ms Quinn, who lived alone, had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and walked with a stick, was described as ‘defenceless’ by prosecutors.

Obstructive apnea happens when airway muscles physically block a person’s breathing, while central apnea is when the brain forgets to signal the body to breath (a third mixed form has features of both).

On other matters, corporate lawyers are going berserk flexing their obstructive muscles.

Researchers found that people with higher levels of the vitamin, which is also found in vegetable oils and cereal grains, were significantly less likely to have asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

She rails against this villainous and obstructive orthodoxy, apparently unaware that getting things past opponents and convincing sceptics is the main thing prime ministers have to do.

Stefan-Alexandru Bloj told jurors that since his 44-tonne HGV ploughed into the back of David Sullivan's Citroen on a motorway he has been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea.

That includes underlying medical conditions like chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, and hypertension.

The action was conducted as part of operation ROPE (removal of obstructive parking and encroachment).

The council has also shined a light on obstructive behaviour to discourage drivers from blocking pavements and stopping at inconvenient locations to drop off their children.

This tip, which the NHS also recommends, is to avoid sleeping on your back because sleeping on your back narrows your airways and causes obstructive breathing, which increases snoring.