Stridor
Trauma Causes
o Larynx fracture
o Tracheobronchial tear/injury
o Thyroid gland injury/trauma
o Trachea injury
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
o Burn, inhalation
Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
o Mechanical ventilation status
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
o Bacterial tracheitis
o Diphtheria
o Tetanus
o Tracheobronchial tuberculosis
o Poliomyelitis, paralytic, bulbar
o Poliomyelitis, acute
o Fungal Laryngitis
Infected organ, Abscesses
o Abscess, parapharyngeal
o Epiglottitis, acute
o Peritonsillar abscess
o Laryngotracheobronchitis, acute
o Abscess, retropharyngeal
Neoplastic Disorders
o Neoplasms/tumors
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
o Croup, spasmodic/tracheobronchitis
o Angioedema/Angioneurotic edema
Metabolic, Storage Disorders
o Cerebral Gaucher's of infants (acute)
o Tracheobronchial amyloidosis
Biochemical Disorders
o Tetany
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
o Angioedema/Angioneurotic edema, hereditary
Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders
o Somatization disorder
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
o Acute gastric acid/aspiration syndrome
o Airway obstruction
o Neck compartment hemorrhage/hematoma
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
o Esophageal free reflux/GERD syndrome
o Laryngospasm, acute
o Bilateral vocal cord paralysis
o Hypoparathyroidism
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
o Smoke inhalation
o Chemical burn/esophagus
See Also
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