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Airway disorders

  • Compare croup and epiglottitis in terms of the age of typical occurrence.
  • Compare croup and epiglottitis in terms of the nature of the disease.
  • Compare croup and epiglottitis in terms of type of pathogen.
  • Describe the steeple sign.
  • Describe the thumb sign.
  • How can a radiolucent airway-obstructing foreign body be identified?
  • On a chest film, how can it be determined whether a coin is in the trachea or the esophagus?
  • What are four other causes of epiglottitis?
  • What causes stridor?
  • What symptom is indicative of an airway obstruction in children?
  • Where is an aspirated foreign body most likely to be found?
  • Where is the obstruction in patients with expiratory stridor?
  • Where is the obstruction in patients with inspiratory stridor?
  • Why in this location?

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