ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics2015
Upper Airway Obstruction in Children.
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- Soft palatal mass containing heterotopic neural tissue causing airway obstruction in a Pierre-Robin sequence patient.Journal of surgical case reports · 2021Article
- A model of developmental canalization, applied to human cranial form.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Pediatric respiratory distress: California out-of-hospital protocols and evidence-based recommendations.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Article
- The Important Role of Endoscopy in Management of Pediatric Pseudomembranous Necrotizing Tracheitis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- A rare cause of acute severe upper airway obstruction that required endotracheal intubation: adenoid hypertrophy.Turk pediatri arsivi · 2020Article
- Stridor in children.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2018Article
- Prehospital dexamethasone administration in children with croup: a medical record review.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2018Article
- Adult Epiglottitis: A Case Series.The Permanente journal · 2017Article
- Editorial: Advances in Pediatric Pulmonology.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2015Article
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Abstract
Children with upper airway obstruction are both unique and variable in their presentation and management, often posing a challenge to the pediatrician. Several anatomical and physiologic peculiarities make a child vulnerable to develop an obstruction of upper airways. The characteristic finding in upper airway obstruction is stridor-inspiratory, biphasic or expiratory. The etiologies vary widely throughout the age groups and according to the mode of presentation. The approach starts with suspicion, mandates careful clinical evaluation of the degree of obstruction and many a times emergency measures precede any investigation or even precise diagnosis. Maintaining an open and stable airway is of the utmost importance, often requiring a team approach of emergency physician, pediatrician, otorhinolaryngologist and pediatric pulmonologist. The commonest condition presenting with upper airway obstruction in pediatric population is viral croup. Croup is a clinical diagnosis in a febrile child, with barking cough and stridor preceded by upper respiratory infection. It is treated with systemic or inhaled steroids and nebulized epinephrine. Epiglottitis and bacterial tracheitis are acute bacterial infections of upper airways, presenting as true airway emergencies. Though the mainstay of therapy is IV antibiotics, the prime concern is maintenance of airway, which frequently requires endotracheal intubation. Rigid bronchoscopy is the procedure of choice for airway foreign bodies, a common cause of upper airway obstruction in children below 3 y of age. Airway malacias are the commonest cause of chronic stridor and are mostly managed conservatively.
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