Stridor - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Stridor is a high pitched wheezing sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway. It is primarily inspiratory. It can be indicative of serious airway obstruction from severe conditions such as epiglottitis, a foreign body lodged in the airway, or a laryngeal tumor. Stridor is indicative of a potential medical emergency and should always command attention.
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PubMed Articles
Teaching Video NeuroImages: Sodium channel myotonia can present with stridor.
An 11-month-old girl presented with episodic severe stridor from birth, often resulting in cyanosis. Her parents had noted recurrent unilateral ptosis. Later she developed spasms of her hands during e...
Tracheal resection with patient under local anesthesia and conscious sedation.
The authors describe the case of a woman with a 2-year history of dyspnea and stridor caused by a tracheal hamartoma. The patient underwent tracheal resection and end-to-end anastomosis under monitore...
Post-pneumonectomy syndrome (PPS) is a rare late complication of pneumonectomy, and diverse treatments have been employed. We herein present a useful technique for right-sided PPS. The patient was a 5...
Successful management of an arytenoid chondrosarcoma in a dog.
An eight-year-old Doberman pinscher was presented with a four-week history of inspiratory stridor, dysphonia, inappetence and weight loss. Inspiratory stridor was apparent and became more pronounced d...
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland: A case report and review.
BACKGROUND: Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the thyroid gland is a rare malignancy that presents with advanced disease and poor prognosis. METHODS: A 75-year-old woman with a history of Hashi...
Successful resection of esophageal carcinoma associated with double aortic arch: a case report.
Double aortic arch (DAA) is an extremely rare vascular malformation which causes tracheal and esophageal compression, resulting in respiratory symptoms such as stridor and wheezing, or feeding problem...
Iatrogenic tracheal flap mimicking tracheal stenosis with resultant stridor.
Objective:To illustrate a case of an iatrogenic mucosal tear in the trachea which caused a one-way valve effect, obstructing the airway and manifesting as post-extubation stridor.Case report:We report...
Laryngomalacia : When does surgery make sense?
The most common cause of stridor in newborns is instability of the upper larynx, called laryngomalacia. In approximately 10% of children normal development is impaired. The diagnostics and therapy mus...
Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Sleep disorders are common in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), hereditary ataxias, and Alzheimer's disea...
Objective:Supracricoid partial laryngectomy is a reliable laryngeal preservation procedure for tumour stage 2 and selected stage 3 to 4 laryngeal cancers. Of 70 patients thus treated, two (3 per cent)...
News Articles
Acute stridor: an unusual case of achalasia
A 39 year old fit and well man attended casualty with a first presentation of stridor after eating a banana, which resolved spontaneously. Computed tomography confirmed oesophageal dilation and......
Vocal Cord Dysfunction Predictors Identified
Predictors of vocal cord dysfunction, such as younger age, shortness of breath, and stridor, could help direct referral for stroboscopic examination. Medscape Medical News
Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, is releasing free written summaries of its anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice,...
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Dexamethasone and the Prevention of Post-Extubation Airway Obstruction in Adults
Laryngotracheal injury related to intubation may cause narrowing of the airway due to edema of the glottis. Post-extubation airway frequently necessitating re-intubation and resulting in t...
Whole Genome Scan of Extended Families With Familial Vocal Cord Paralysis
Vocal cord paralysis is a common cause of congenital stridor and airway obstruction. In this study we plan to identify the genetic locus of the genes in two extended families who suffer of...
Ketamine Compared to Propofol for Pediatric GI Endoscopy
Elective outpatient endoscopy for children can be safely performed under general anesthesia with either propofol (1) or ketamine (2) infusions. Both infusions have an advantage over gener...
Laryngomalacia is the most common congenital laryngeal anomaly and the most frequent cause of stridor in infants and children. Symptoms usually appear within the first 2 weeks of life. Its...
Vocal cord dysfunction is a rare clinical picture. It is labeled as a sudden and threatening dyspnea. Patients with VCD may also present cough, hoarseness, wheezing, and chest tightness, b...
The purpose of this study is to determine if administration of the HPV quadrivalent vaccine in patients diagnosed with RRP has a therapeutic effect on their clinical course. More specifica...
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baby with Croup Stridor Barking Cough visual & audio sound
my 2 year old daughter at rest in bed with Croup - presenting with barking cough, stridor and distressed breathing and depressions in the chest. These all to...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Croup
Inflammation involving the GLOTTIS or VOCAL CORDS and the subglottic larynx. Croup is characterized by a barking cough, HOARSENESS, and persistent inspiratory STRIDOR (a high-pitched breathing sound). It occurs chiefly in infants and children.
