Neonatal stridor resulting from intrinsic or extrinsic aberration in the upper respiratory tract often poses not only a diagnostic problem, but also a difficult airway and a dilemma as to the necessity / timing of surgical intervention. A 45 day old female child with increasing stridor since birth was managed by emergency intubation and CT scan followed by excision biopsy of the cystic left sid...

OBJECTIVES To determine the results of laser epiglottopexy and to compare them with other surgical techniques for severe laryngomalacia. DESIGN A retrospective 10-year case note review of laser epiglottopexy for severe laryngomalacia. SETTING Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland. PATIENTS The study population comprised 52 male and 24 female children who underwent surgery fo...

Study Objectives: Adult sleep stridor usually heralds multiple system atrophy (MSA), a neurodegenerative synucleinopathy disorder with a poor prognosis. Method: Case report and video example of stridor in a patient with autonomic insufficiency. Results: A 76-year-old woman presented with a harsh, high-pitched breathing noise during sleep, progressing over several months to occur during wakefuln...

BACKGROUND Respiratory abnormalities are often overlooked; however, because of their potential comorbidity, they must be analyzed to determine the most effective treatment for patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Among various theories on respiratory abnormalities in PD, "upper airway obstruction" and "restrictive respiratory disorders" are 2 of the most accepted etiologies; both appear to be ...