Upper Airway Obstruction in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity6062 @entity1425 @entity2348 @entity1729 @entity230 @entity5847 @entity1224
UNASSIGNED: @entity1 with @entity1224 are both unique and variable in their presentation and management, often posing a challenge to the pediatrician. Several anatomical and physiologic peculiarities make a @entity1 vulnerable to develop an obstruction of upper airways. The characteristic finding in @entity1224 is stridor-inspiratory, biphasic or expiratory. The etiologies vary widely throughout the age groups and according to the mode of presentation. The approach starts with suspicion, mandates careful clinical evaluation of the degree of obstruction and many a times emergency measures precede any investigation or even precise diagnosis. Maintaining an open and stable airway is of the utmost importance, often requiring a team approach of emergency physician, pediatrician, otorhinolaryngologist and pediatric pulmonologist. The commonest condition presenting with @entity1224 in pediatric population is viral croup. Croup is a clinical diagnosis in a febrile @entity1 , with barking cough and stridor preceded by upper @entity1729 . It is treated with systemic or inhaled @entity230 and nebulized @entity1425 . @entity5847 and bacterial @entity6062 are @entity2348 of upper airways, presenting as true airway emergencies. Though the mainstay of therapy is IV antibiotics, the prime concern is maintenance of airway, which frequently requires endotracheal intubation. Rigid bronchoscopy is the procedure of choice for airway foreign bodies, a common cause of @entity1224 in @entity1 below 3  y of age. @entity1224 are the commonest cause of chronic stridor and are mostly managed conservatively.
