Upper Airway Infectious
Characterized by fluid build-up and inflammation of the middle ear, this common childhood illness usually follows URI.
What is Otitis Media?
This is a congenital cartilage abnormality in which the structures above the glottis and trachea are soft and floppy resulting in partial airway collapse.
What is laryngomalacia?
This is a highly contagious bacterial infection that has decreased instance due to the childhood vaccine Tdap.
What is Pertussis?
An autsomal recessive disorder of apocrine glands resulting in thick respiratory secretions which are unable to be expelled.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
The acronym for how an infant should be placed to sleep to prevent SIDS.
What is alone, on back, in crib? (ABC)
The vaccine for this virus is recommended starting at the age of 6 months.
What is influenza?
This vaccine prevents the occurrence of epiglottitis, the most severe of the croup syndromes.
What is the Hib vaccine?
Acute inflammation most commonly due to rhino virus characterized by wheezing in 1-3 year olds.
What is brochitis?
Inflammatory process due to lack of surfactant and immature lungs characterized by RR >60 bpm.
What is Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
Common in newborns and boys, this pulmonary disorder is characterized by air leaving the parenchyma and going into the pleural space.
What is a Pneumothorax?
What is fever, sore throat, and pharyngeal inflammation?
These defects that alter the continuity of the esophagus are most commonly associated with polyhydramnios in utero.
What are esophageal atresias and transesophageal fistulas?
In this disease, bacteria enter the alveoli and trigger an immune response resulting in nodular lesions in lungs.
What is tuberculosis?
Result of illness , injury, or trauma to the lungs. Tachycardia, tachypnea, and severe increase in work of breathing.
What is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome? (ARDS)
An adventicious breath sound characterized by fine, crackling noises heard on inspiration.
What are rales?
This demographic of individuals is most commonly affected by sinusitis.
What is ages 4-7?
A condition in which cricoid cartilage is narrowed can result from prolonged intubation.
What is Subglottic Stenosis?
Acute inflammation resulting in brochospasm caused by RSV, rhino, or boca virus characterized by wheezing in children below the age of 1.
Seen in premature infants due to exposure to antenatal infections that results in chronic respiratory and neurodevelopment issues.
What is Bronchopulomary Dysplasia?
This illness is characterized by a stomach ache, fever >101, tonsillar enlargement, enlarged lymph nodes, white spots/exudate at back of throat
What is Strep throat/Streptococcal pharyngitis?
This rare, but life-threatening, bacterial infection does not respond to corticosteroids or nebulized epinepherine.
What is tracheitis?
The most common of the croup syndromes, resulting in low-grade fevers, croupy cough, and moderate respiratory distress.
What is laryngotracheobronchitis?
80-85% of pediatric pneumonia cases are a result of a recent infection of what two viruses?
What are RSV and Influenza?
What is a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia?
What is a tonsillectomy?