What patients are at high risk for postextubation upper airway obstruction? 1. Those with neuromuscular disorders 2. Those who have had major neck surgery 3. Those with infectious masses or abscesses
a. 2 and 3 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
ANS: D
Compression of the airway due to traumatic or postoperative hematoma of the neck, infectious masses or abscesses, and malignant tumors or compression after major head or neck surgery can lead to upper airway obstruction after extubation.
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