A recognised cause of stridor in newborn –
Correct Answer: All are true
Description: Stridor
Stridor refers to the physical finding of excessively noisy breathing and is generally due to airway obstruction.
Causes of Stridor in a child.
Infections
Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
Epiglottitis
Bacterial tracheitis
Retropharyngeal abscess
Congenital
Laryngomalacia
Vocal cord palsy
Subglottic stenosis
Vascular ring
Saccular cyst
Neoplasms
Subglottic hemangioma
Laryngeal papillomas
Cystic hygroma, when it occurs in larynx then it can cause respiratory tract obstruction - Nelson 18th/ep. 1773
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