Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery for Upper Airway Obstruction in Children

Upper airway obstruction in children

In this review, the characters of children who are admi t ted to PICU wi th severe upper a i rway obstruction will be discussed further. Difficulties of in tubat ion, ind icat ions and compl icat ions o f t racheo tomy w i l l be d i scussed a f te rwards . Angioedema, bacterial tracheitis, acute epiglottitis and croup will be discussed with details separately. Laryngomalacia will also be discu...

Upper airway obstruction in children.

Poiseuille’s law is central to the understanding and management of all airway obstructions in children, with the clinical impact of even a small reduction in radius being compounded by the inverse relationship of the resistance to the radius to the power 4. Indeed deterioration from a ‘mild’ obstruction to life threatening airway compromise may be heralded by slight decrease in airway diameter ...

Stridor and upper airway obstruction in children.

Adenoid and Tonsil Hypertrophy in Children and Facial Malformations

The controversy over the influence of nasal breathing on facial bone development has continued for decades and otolaryngologists are often questioned on this subject. The pharynx is a segment of the airway whose walls are soft and shaped primarily by the constrictor muscles and tongue, which attributes a very dynamic character. This tract is also delimited by the adenoids, tonsils and the lingu...

Upper Airway Obstruction*

Chronic upper airway obstruction is frequently unrecognized or misdiagnosed as other conditions such as asthma or chronic airflow obstruction (CAO). Clinical features such as stridor may lead to diagnosis or it may initially be suspected from the results of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) ordered for another reason. We will review the physiology and the pulmonary function tests which are necess...