title: The pediatric airway.
abstract: Accurate diagnosis is important in the evaluation of airway disorders of infants and children. Today, multiple imaging techniques are available to evaluate the pediatric airway. In general, it is best to start with simple and readily available examinations, which may provide a diagnosis in most cases, and progress to more sophisticated studies only in cases where needed.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahboubi
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002754:Choanal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012142:Respiratory Tract Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000175:diagnosis