Assertion: bronchus's wall | /r/CapableOf | make contact
Facets:
value: with the anterior wall
type: OTHER
value: on slight coughingextent tracheomalaciatracheobronchomalaciabronchomalacia tbm
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: criteriaSeverity criteria not included Jokinen (1977) ( 13 Severity Mild : obstruction during expiration amounted to one half of the lumenModerate : if it reached three quarters of the lumenSevere : if the posterior wall made contact with the anterior wall on slight coughingExtent TracheomalaciaTracheobronchomalaciaBronchomalacia TBM defined as an expiratory reduction of 50% or more in the anteroposterior calibre of the airwaysFirst bronchoscopic classificationDefines mild malacia as obstruction of up to one half of the lumen; likely responsible for false positive casesAetiology not included Mair (1992) ( 39 Aetiology Type 1 is congenital, does not involve external airway compressionType 2 is due to extrinsic tracheal or bronchial compressionType 3 is acquired malacia from prolonged increased ventilatory airway pressures, tracheostomy or inflammatory processes causing severe tracheobronchitis.