Obstruction of the airway in infants and children is characterized by inspiratory stridor, dyspnea, and thoracic indrawings. The history and the type of the stridor usually give an indication ...

Upper respiratory infections and be viral (caused ... whistling sounds when breathing (stridor). Pharyngitis is inflammation of the pharynx—the middle of the throat between the tonsils and ...

Systemic corticosteroids are commonly used to prevent or treat postextubation stridor in patients in the pediatric intensive care unit. This systematic review lends some support for that strategy ...