Stridor: remember the oesophagus

Double aortic arch: a cause of stridor to remember.

To cite: Baptista V, Azevedo I, Rio G, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015213038 DESCRIPTION A previously healthy baby boy was admitted several times to the paediatric emergency department, from the age of 2 months, presenting respiratory distress, cough and wheezing. The episodes were managed as viral respiratory infections and inhaled bro...

The Infant with Stridor

It is a tendency of specialists in any field to examine all phenomena exclusively with the instruments of their own speciality. Infantile stridor has been a perquisite of laryngologists for so long that it is not surprising to find the many descriptions of it devoted largely to laryngeal factors. A great deal of attention has been paid to the larynx but very little to the infant. As a result, i...

Neonatal Stridor

Neonatal stridor is an important condition, in many cases implying an impending disaster with a very compromised airway. It is a sign that has to be considered with the rest of the history and examination findings, and appropriate investigations should then be undertaken to confirm the source of the noise. Neonates with stridor should be managed in a multidisciplinary setting, by clinicians fam...

Remember the Protofibrils

The highly prevalent neurodegenerative diseases Alzheimer’s (AD), Parkinson’s (PD), and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) have managed to elude countless efforts directed at understanding their causative agents and pathogenesis. Each of these diseases is characterized by abnormal protein aggregation under an unknown modi operandi we have determined to illuminate. AD pathology consists of neur...

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