Case of Subglottic Stenosis after Tracheotomy.

Subglottic stenosis in pregnancy.

Subglottic stenosis (SGS) in pregnancy is rare but may cause a potentially life-threatening delivery and is a challenge to the anaesthetist and the obstetrician. Clinical signs of SGS may not be obvious and the diagnosis can be difficult. Patients usually present with shortness of breath rather than stridor. Many patients have been wrongly diagnosed with asthma and recurrent bronchitis before s...

1 TITLE : Subglottic Stenosis

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Diagnosis and management of subglottic stenosis after neonatal ventilation.

A Case of Idiopathic Subglottic and Bilateral Bronchial Stenosis.

Subglottic stenosis is rarely idiopathic. In this case report, a 40-year-old female patient presented with subglottic stenosis with an unidentified etiology along with bilateral bronchial stenosis. Hoarseness arose in the last 4 years in this patient, who was undergoing treatment because of asthma for 13 years. Her physical examination revealed the presence of bilateral rhonci. Her tomography a...

Neonatal post-intubation subglottic stenosis.

Acquired subglottic stenosis is a compication or neonatal endotracheal intubation. Although it is rare, it contributes significantly to the morbidity and physical well being of post extubated neonates. A 20-day old neonate, ventilated for meconium aspiration syndrome and persistent fetal circulation, presented with marked stridor and respiratory embarrassment. A stenosed subglottic area was fou...