title: Whistles and wheezes: don't miss diseases.
abstract: Upper airway obstruction (UAO) in infants and children has a broad spectrum of presentations including benign self-resolving conditions, from mild croup, to critical life-threatening conditions which, though uncommon now, require prompt recognition and effective multidisciplinary collaborative management to achieve a good outcome. The aim of this article is to highlight the diagnostic and management difficulties in acute UAO in paediatric patients and encourage a problem-solving approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cyriac
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huxstep
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012135:Respiratory Sounds
keywords: Airway Obstruction; Oesophageal Trauma; Retropharyngeal Abscess; Subcutaneous Emphysema; Vascular Ring