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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Differential - Croup - Epiglottitis ... foreign body - Laryngomalacia ... or congenital airway ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is a flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that causes
Laryngoscopy Laryngomalacia ... sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... Sometimes the epiglottic ... otolaryngology #pediatrics
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Stridor - Differential ... Distress: • Laryngomalacia ... Distress: • Laryngomalacia ... Retropharyngeal Abscess* • Epiglottitis
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... /Acquired: • Laryngomalacia ... : • Epiglottitis ... Peritonsillar abscess • Laryngomalacia ... causes #pulmonary #airway
Supraglottoplasty for Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that
sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... collapses the airway ... Sometimes the epiglottic ... otolaryngology #pediatrics
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... Movement - Lower airway
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
  -
Rapid Pediatric ... Assessment of Work ... Breathing - Airway ... Sounds: Stridor
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Diagnosis and Management ... respiratory distress, stridor ... increasing upper airway ... Croup #Diagnosis #Management ... #pediatrics #peds
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Laryngospasm and Stridor ... obstructing the airway ... #Laryngospasm #Stridor ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increased Airway ... cause of increased airway ... Laryngospasm and stridor ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup