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Stridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stridor is a high pitched sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway. It is primarily inspiratory. It can be indicative of serious airway obstruction from severe conditions such as e...
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This stridor was recorded over the trachea of a 15 month old girl with croup. ... The respirosonogram provides a visual representation of the content of the respiratory sound recording. Time is shown on the horizontal and frequency on the vertical axis. Sound intensity is indicated on a color scale, ranging from red...
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Stridor is the audible symptom produced by the rapid, turbulent flow of air through a narrowed segment of the respiratory tract, more specifically, ...
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Stridor is a frequent symptom in the neonate. ... Stridor is a frequent symptom in the neonate. Often it consists of a discrete inspiratory stridor in an alert child or of a transient symptom of a viral respiratory infection. In both cases no specific therapy is required.
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Stridor is a high pitched, harsh, vibratory noise caused by partial airway obstruction, which results in turbulent airflow. Stridor is typically heard on inspiration, but can also be heard on expiration and may also be biphasic.
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Stridor, by contrast, is the typically shorter, crowing sound which is often evident during inspiration and expiration, but which is louder and longer during inspiration. It is heard readily without the aid of a stethoscope. ... Sometimes, aspirated food or foreign bodies may cause acute stridor. Chronic stridor is most...
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