Stridor

What this deck covers

Stridor in twelve clinical teaching cases with worked explanations. Each case gives you a clinical vignette, four options, the correct answer, and an explanation of why each of the other three is wrong.

The 12 cases, in order

1. A child arriving at night
2. What the noise is coming from
3. A request to the radiographer
4. A child who will not lie down
5. A question about size
6. Noisy from the early weeks
7. After a stay in intensive care
8. A moment at the table
9. A voice that has changed
10. The croup that will not settle
11. A noise that is getting louder
12. A call to the ward at midnight

Diagnoses and management options tested

Across the twelve cases you are asked to choose between options such as: Bacterial tracheitis — start intravenous antibiotics now, Anaphylaxis — give intramuscular adrenaline immediately, Laryngomalacia; reassure, and monitor his growth, Laryngeal candidiasis; treat with a systemic antifungal, A laryngeal cleft; refer for surgical repair, Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis; repeated debulking, Bacterial tracheitis, most often staphylococcal, Retropharyngeal abscess causing external compression, Vocal cord palsy following a birth injury.

Clinical pearls from this deck

• The figures show the narrowing sitting below the cords, in the subglottis.
• Croup is a clinical diagnosis, and a typical case needs no imaging at all.

The twelve worked cases in this deck, with the images and the full explanation of every option, are part of Pediatric Case Review membership. See what is included.

More from this system: all respiratory decks and question sets · pediatric reference values.