Evaluation of Neonatal Subglottic Stenosis

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...

Diagnosis and management of subglottic stenosis after neonatal ventilation.

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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[Subglottic stenosis in Wegener's granulomatosis].

OBJECTIVE Describe the management of subglottic stenosis in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis. MATERIAL AND METHOD Case report. RESULTS We report the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented Wegener granulomatosis and subglottic stenosis, with renal, skin, oropharyngeal, nasal, and paranasal locations. Medical treatment had cured all the locations except the subglottic stenosis. An e...