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Upper Airway Obstruction

Noisy Breathing

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Upper Airway

• Nose• Nasopharynx• Oropharynx• Larynx (supraglottis, subglottis)• Trachea (extrathoracic)

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Upper Airway Obstruction

Noisy Breathing

Noise during INSPIRATION Noise during EXPIRATION

Difficulty breathing OUT

Distal to Thoracic InletTrachea, bronchi, peripheral

airways

Difficulty breathing IN

Proximal to Thoracic InletNose, pharynx, larynx

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Upper Airway Obstruction

Difficulty breathing IN

Awake/Crying IMPROVES

Awake/CryingDETERIORATES

LarynxNose / Pharynx

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Upper Airway ObstructionNoise decreases as obstruction worsens

0102030405060708090

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Noise NOT indicative of degree of obstruction

therefore

THE WORST OBSTRUCTION IS SILENT

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Upper Airway ObstructionWhich clinical signs are indicative of the severity of obstruction?

Recession (sternal, lower costal margin)TachypnoeaTachycardiaExpiratory difficulty (abdominal muscles contract)Depressed consciousnessCyanosis Noise soft/absent

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Where in the Airway is the Obstruction

+Small airways

+ +Trachea &bronchi

+Severe obstr

+ ±Small babies

Larynx

-++Nasopharynx

WheezeStridorSnoring

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Obstruction in Upper Airway versus Lower Airway

AIR TRAPPING - PERCUSSION

Upper border of liver displaced downwards

Cardiac dullness not detected

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Upper Airway ObstructionApproach

• History• Age • Clinical examination

Site of obstructionSeverity

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Upper Airway Age

• Short• Narrow• Elastic• Tendency to collapse

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Upper Airway

Resistance to airflow through

a tube is inversely proportional to

the radius4

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Upper AirwayInfant/Child

Scenario: Airway 4 – 5 mm diameter 1 mm oedema

• Resistance increases 16 times (adult 3 times)

• Surface area decreases by 75%(adult 45%)

Upper airway of a child not a miniature replica

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Upper AirwayNose

• “Blocked” nose (infants < 6 months)• Choanal atresia• Foreign body• Polyps• Allergy

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Upper AirwayNose

• “Blocked nose”(0 – 6 months)

• Choanal atresia• Foreign body• Polyps• Allergy

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Upper AirwayOropharynx

• Adenoidal hypertrophy (Obstructive sleep apnoea)

• Micrognathia• Craniofacial

abnormalities• Large tongue

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Upper AirwayOropharynx

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA

Adenoidal hypertrophySnoringSudden death during sleep

Craniofascial abnormalitiesMicrognathia

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Oropharynx

Obstructive sleep apnoeaHigh index of suspicion (10%)Examine child while asleepEarly diagnosis and treatmentPrevent complications

HypoxaemiaGrowth failure Sudden death

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Upper AirwaySupraglottis

Epiglottitis(H.influenza type B)

Acute onsetDroolingPyrexiaPosture

AIRWAYANTIBIOTICS

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Upper AirwayLarynx

• Laryngomalacia

• Webs, cysts

• Vocal cords(paralysis, papillo-mata)

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Larynx

LaryngomalaciaObstruction

Inspiratory, variable Newborn infant, stridor (awake)Improves: prone, sleep, ageVoice normal

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Larynx

Laryngeal papillomata6 months – 5 yearsInspiratory stridorVoice HOARSENot associated with infectionREFERRAL

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Upper AirwaySubglottis

Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup)6 months – 2 yearsPreceded by a cold (Parainfluenza)StridorNormal voiceBarking coughGrade severity of obstruction

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Croup Grading according to Severity of Obstruction

+Active+Grade 3

(Grade 4 apathy,

cyanosis)

-Passive +Grade 2

--+Grade 1

PulsusParadoxus

Expiratory Obstruction

InspiratoryObstruction

Severity

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Croup

TreatmentAdrenaline inhalationsSteroidsAvoid cryingAirway – intubation

tracheostomy

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Upper AirwaySubglottis

Congenital subglottic stenosis<6 monthsNo preceding infectionHistory of intubationEndoscopyTracheostomy

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Upper AirwayBacterial Tracheitis

• Older child (<2 years)• Toxic, erythematous rash• Thick secretions• Airway (tracheostomy)• Staphylococcus aureus

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Upper AirwayForeign Body

• May lodge in any part of airway• HISTORY• X-rays• Endoscopy

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Upper AirwayRetropharyngeal Abscess

• <6 months• Sore throat (anorexia) for several days• Pyrexia, drooling, stridor• X-ray: prevertebral space increased• Surgical drainage• Antibiotics

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