Acute stridor in children

Children with stridor

Stridor is a common presenting symptom in general practitioner office or accident emergency department in hospital. Parents or patients were anxious when they experienced the symptom. Quick and throughout evaluation of the patient is needed in all of the cases. In some of the cases, the diagnosis is benign in nature requiring conservative treatment. However, in hospital setting, we encountered ...

Acute stridor in childhood; retropharyngeal abscess.

Stridor of acute origin (commonly termed croup) is due to laryngeal or tracheal narrowing. The causes can be viral laryngotracheobronchitis (viral croup), acute epiglottitis, laryngeal diphtheria, retropharyngeal abscess, foreign body, allergic oedema, injury by steam or smoke inhalation or intubation and laryngeal spasm due to hypocalcaemia. 1 ,2 The relative importance of the various causes v...

Stridor and upper airway obstruction in children.

Endoscopic findings in children with stridor.

UNLABELLED Congenital and acquired airway diseases are responsible for upper respiratory distress and stridor in children. In neonatal intensive care units, we have seen increased survival in premature babies, but also a high incidence of airway complications related to intubation, which present as stridor. AIM To review endoscopic findings in children with stridor. STUDY DESIGN a cross-sec...

Endoscopic findings in children with stridor . Summary