Snoring respirations in an unresponsive patient are MOST often the result of:

A) foreign body airway obstruction.
B) upper airway obstruction by the tongue.
C) collapse of the trachea during breathing.
D) swelling of the upper airway structures.


Ans: B) upper airway obstruction by the tongue.

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