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Laryngomalacia

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  1. Epidemiology
    1. Most common cause of Stridor in infants
    2. Onset of symptoms in first month of life
  2. Signs
    1. Inspiratory Stridor
    2. Provocative factors (Increases Stridor)
      1. Crying
      2. Exertion
      3. Feeding
    3. Palliative factors (Decreases Stridor)
      1. Prone position
    4. Severe obstructive signs (rare)
      1. Failure to Thrive
      2. Apnea
      3. Cyanosis
  3. Course
    1. Self limited
    2. Rarely progresses to severe obstruction
  4. Management
    1. Reassurance
    2. Control Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
    3. Epiglottoplasty for severe obstruction
      1. Rarely indicated
  5. References
    1. Nussbaum (1990) Chest 98:942

Laryngomalacia (C0264303)

ConceptsCongenital Abnormality (T019)
EnglishLaryngomalacia
Spanishlaringomalacia
Parent ConceptsLaryngeal Diseases (C0023051), Osteochondropathy NOS (C0152091), Degenerative disorder (C1285162), Musculoskeletal disorder of the neck (C1290143), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesOMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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