in this descriptive study, researchers determined rate and type of newborn infants’ anomalies in rafsanjen niknafas hospital in 1991-1995.  this study is resulted from medical records of mothers referring to above mentioned center during five years. total number of child birth was 21187. 17321 was normal vaginal delivery and 3866 was cesarean section. because of unknown reasons, 57 infants were...

Pediatric tracheal stenosis includes a variety of entities characterized by a diminished airway lumen. Congenital entities can be classified into (i) intrinsic disease caused by short(e.g. tracheal webs) or long-segment forms of tracheal stenosis (e.g. tracheal atresia/agenesis and primary tracheomalacia) and (ii) extrinsic disease caused by cardiovascular anomalies such as vascular rings and/o...

OBJECTIVES This study focuses on the different surgical and endoscopical treatment alternatives when dealing with severe complications after slide tracheoplasty (STP). METHODS Retrospective study of patients with symptomatic congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) admitted to a single institution, between January 1997 and January 2013, surgically treated by means of STP. The following variables we...

Tracheal agenesis is an extremely rare congenital anomaly involving the respiratory system. It is generally associated with anomalies of other systems. Antenatal diagnosis of this condition is difficult; therefore, it presents as a medical emergency in the labor room. Intubation in these babies is difficult. As many of these babies are born prematurely, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) adds ...

Anorectal malformations (ARMs) commonly co-occur with other congenital anomalies, particularly VACTERL (vertebral, anorectal, cardiac, tracheal, esophageal, renal, limb, and duodenal) associations. However, this collection of associations is not comprehensive, and other concurrent anomalies may exist that can be missed during the standard work-up of patients with ARMs. We present a rare case of...

The true incidence of congenital deformities of the upper airway is not known for certain, but van den Broek and Brinkman (1979) quoted an incidence for congenital laryngeal defects of between 1:10.000 and 1:50.000 births. Of 219 children with stridor who underwent endoscopic examination, Holinger (1980) found 81% to have evidence of congenital abnormalities of the larynx, trachea or bronchi. O...

OBJECTIVE To determine the types and frequency of airway anomalies in patients with Pfeiffer syndrome. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Academic tertiary care pediatric hospital. PARTICIPANTS Eleven patients with Pfeiffer syndrome, 6 of whom were severely affected, were identified. All were included in the study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Presence of tracheal anomalies, need for tr...

Difficult airway is defined as having the patient's mask ventilation or difficult tracheal intubation of an experienced anaesthesiologist. A number of reasons, such as congenital or acquired anatomical anomalies, can cause difficult intubation and difficult ventilation. Keeping all equipment ready for airway management of patients will reduce mortality and complications. In this case, it is int...