Stridor & Respiratory Distress in an Infant

It is important to recognize signs of respiratory distress in an infant or child. These include nasal flaring, increase breathing rate, and recessions (indrawings) which may involve the neck, chest, or abdominal area. Desaturation, tachycardia, perspiration, and reduced alertness are ominous late signs which need immediate attention. This video shows severe recessions involving suprasternal, supraclavicular, and subcostal regions. There is severe tracheal tugging and presence of lower pectus excavatum. Inspiratory stridor is obvious. Diagnostic evaluation revealed dual pathologies consisting of laryngomalacia and bronchomalacia in this 3 months old child.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Respiratory distress
• infantile stridor
• recessions
• airway emergency
• tracheal tugging
• pectus excavatum
• laryngomalacia
• bronchomalacia

[drrahmatorlummc]

The child is healthy and thriving well after surgery performed. She breathes normally and no noisy sounds (stridor).

[BlackQueenInBetween]

aww. poor baby. hope he's doing okay now.

[DaLoneFreeMarshmallo]

It's hard to know whether to ''like'' these videos or not; they're great for students like me but also upsetting. Thanks for posting.

[yliallut]

thanx for the video, it helps me a lot on study.

[Samaitis]

WTF?

[3in38months]

Sh*t I saw this with my son when he was young. He was dx with Tracheobronchomalacia with Innominate Artery Compression. Nothing prepares for you to see this with your baby.

Colleen