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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
- Assessment and ... Differential - Croup - Epiglottitis ... foreign body - Laryngomalacia ... or congenital airway ... #Diagnosis #Peds
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 ... bronchoscopy #clinical
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... Distress: • Laryngomalacia ... Distress: • Laryngomalacia ... Retropharyngeal Abscess* • Epiglottitis ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
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 ... bronchoscopy #clinical
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
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Rapid Pediatric Assessment ... Diagram: * Assessment ... Breathing - Airway ... Sounds: Stridor ... Diagnosis #EM #Peds
Compressed Airway in Tracheomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Compressed airway - asphyxiation. One of the cause is from external
Compressed Airway ... Tracheomalacia on Laryngoscopy ... Compressed airway ... of breath and stridor ... #bronchoscopy #