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Images in emergency medicine
A child with severe stridor
  1. Tai-Heng Chen1,2,
  2. Yung-Hao Tseng1,
  3. San-Nan Yang2
  1. 1 Division of Pediatric Emergency, Department of Emergency, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  2. 2 Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tai-Heng Chen, Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; taihen{at}kmu.edu.tw

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-202049

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    A 4-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with 1 week's fever and sore throat, associated with progression of respiratory distress since 3 days. He had significant stridor, nasal flaring and marked suprasternal recessions. Parents denied history of foreign body ingestion. Dyspnoea and stridor exacerbated on lying supine and was partially relieved by sit-up position. Physical examination revealed enlarged and exudative …

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    • Contributors THC contributed to acquisition of data, revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content, and final approval of the version to be published. YHT contributed to acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data. SNY contributed to acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting the manuscript for intellectual content.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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