Stridor

Trauma Causes

• Larynx fracture
• Tracheobronchial tear/injury
• Thyroid gland injury/trauma
• Trachea injury

Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes

• Burn, inhalation

Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders

• Mechanical ventilation status

Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)

• Bacterial tracheitis
• Diphtheria
• Tetanus
• Tracheobronchial tuberculosis
• Poliomyelitis, paralytic, bulbar
• Poliomyelitis, acute
• Fungal Laryngitis

Infected organ, Abscesses

• Abscess, parapharyngeal
• Epiglottitis, acute
• Peritonsillar abscess
• Laryngotracheobronchitis, acute
• Abscess, retropharyngeal

Neoplastic Disorders

• Neoplasms/tumors

Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders

• Croup, spasmodic/tracheobronchitis
• Angioedema/Angioneurotic edema

Metabolic, Storage Disorders

• Cerebral Gaucher's of infants (acute)
• Tracheobronchial amyloidosis

Biochemical Disorders

• Tetany

Congenital, Developmental Disorders

Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders

• Angioedema/Angioneurotic edema, hereditary

Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders

• Somatization disorder

Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders

• Acute gastric acid/aspiration syndrome
• Airway obstruction
• Neck compartment hemorrhage/hematoma

Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders

• Esophageal free reflux/GERD syndrome
• Laryngospasm, acute
• Bilateral vocal cord paralysis
• Hypoparathyroidism

Poisoning (Specific Agent)

• Smoke inhalation
• Chemical burn/esophagus

See Also

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