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Pediatric Airway

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Recommend using a ½ size smaller endotracheal tube, based on the formula (age + 16)/4. Endotracheal tube cuff pressures >20 mmHg will exceed the capillary filling pressure and cause ischemic damage over time. More severe airway pathology is less likely to respond to endoscopic versus open interventions. The history is essential to providing a complete and focused differential diagnosis to pediatric airway pathology. Voice dysfunction in children may become more of an issue as they are introduced to more social environments; they may become withdrawn if they are not able to be easily understood or communicate with other children/adults and the emotional/social impact is not yet well elucidated but should not be ignored.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY, 11042, USA

    Jeffrey Cheng M.D.

  2. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Eric Berg M.D.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Fred Lin

  2. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Zara Patel

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Cheng, J., Berg, E. (2014). Pediatric Airway. In: Lin, F., Patel, Z. (eds) ENT Board Prep. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8354-0_4

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