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Congenital Tracheal Disorders in Children

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Congenital tracheal disorders are a heterogeneous group of pathologies characterized by noisy breathing and abnormal compressibility of the main airway. They encompass a wide variety of abnormalities and can differ in prevalence and/or incidence. Congenital tracheal abnormalities can present as impaired/abnormal cartilage development, or as extrinsic compression from other thoracic/gastrointestinal organs; they can also be classified as static or dynamic anomalies [1, 2]. While some of them may not warrant an urgent medical visit, others may acutely effect a child’s life, potentially causing airway obstruction, impairment of ventilation, respiratory distress, or cerebral hypoxia and requiring emergent management.

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Tierradentro-Garcia, L.O., Rapp, J.B., Otero, H.J. (2022). Congenital Tracheal Disorders in Children. In: Otero, H.J., Kaplan, S.L., Medina, L.S., Blackmore, C.C., Applegate, K.E. (eds) Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics. Evidence-Based Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38095-3_50-1

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