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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...
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Achalasia is the failure of the relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter leading to oesopha-geal dilatation. Stridor is a rare and unusual symptom of achalasia due to tracheal compression by the dilated oesophagus. Early identification and management with urgent decompression should be undertaken to avoid life-threatening airway obstruction. A 93-year-old woman presented to the emergency d...
متن کاملChildren with stridor
Stridor is a common presenting symptom in general practitioner office or accident emergency department in hospital. Parents or patients were anxious when they experienced the symptom. Quick and throughout evaluation of the patient is needed in all of the cases. In some of the cases, the diagnosis is benign in nature requiring conservative treatment. However, in hospital setting, we encountered ...
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A patient is described with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and severe laryngeal stridor. Other than urinary frequency and urgency, not uncommon in this condition, and postoperative levodopa-sensitive postural hypotension, there were no features of generalized autonomic failure. The laryngeal stridor responded to levodopa therapy, and we are not aware that this has been reported previously.
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We describe an infant with stridor associated with gastroesophageal reflux (GER). This is the first report in which there is clear documentation by pH probe of a temporal association between individual episodes of GER and stridor. We review the literature and speculate on the relationship between these two phenomena. GER should be considered in patients with stridor.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.283.6299.1122-a