Neonatal stridor is an important condition, in many cases implying an impending disaster with a very compromised airway. It is a sign that has to be considered with the rest of the history and examination findings, and appropriate investigations should then be undertaken to confirm the source of the noise. Neonates with stridor should be managed in a multidisciplinary setting, by clinicians familiar with the intricate physiology of these children, and with access to the multitude of medical and surgical investigative and therapeutic options required to provide first-rate care.
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Cureus
November 2024
Pediatrics, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, USA.
Esophageal perforation (EP) resulting from nonaccidental trauma in a neonate is extremely rare. We report a previously healthy 12-day-old neonate presenting with stridor, respiratory distress, and bloody vomitus. Clinical, radiographic, and endoscopic evaluations confirmed the diagnosis of EP.
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December 2024
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Objectives: Although croup is a common respiratory illness, there is little published regarding symptom course. We aimed to assess symptom progression and caregiver burden, and whether age, sex or season and initial severity of disease are associated with symptom duration.
Design, Setting And Participants: We conducted a secondary analysis of two Canadian prospective cohorts of children 0-16 years old diagnosed with croup; one recruited from a paediatric emergency department (ED) (307 children) between November 1999 and March 2000, and the other from 26 general EDs (1214 children) between September 2002 and April 2006.
Am J Otolaryngol
November 2024
Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, USA. Electronic address:
Introduction: There is a paucity of literature on pre-adolescent paradoxical vocal fold motion (PVFM), PVFM is a sub-type of inducible laryngeal obstruction. Studies typically focus on older patients, however the discovery of this entity in pre-adolescent pediatric patients has led to more questions about how this entity manifests differently and is treated differently in younger populations. Initially considered psychosomatic and commonly mistaken for asthma, PVFM etiology is now thought to be associated underlying neurologic conditions and may have irritant triggers with proposed mechanisms related to laryngeal hypersensitivity.
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November 2024
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Goce Delcev University, Stip, RN Macedonia.
Croup is a common respiratory illness in children under 5 years, primarily caused by viral infections. Symptoms include inspiratory stridor, barking cough, and hoarseness due to inflamed vocal cords. Diagnosis is based on symptoms difficulty breathing, stridor, chest in-drawing voice changes and head nodding.
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October 2024
Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, JPN.
Hairy polyps often develop from the upper respiratory tract. They cause various symptoms, such as respiratory distress. A one-month-old boy with a cleft palate was referred to our hospital due to feeding difficulty, stridor, and labored breathing.
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