A 62-year-old man with stridor and dyspnoea

Delphine Natali; Hoan Le; Cuong Nguyen Ngoc; Minh Tran Ngoc; Chi Tran Khanh; Philippe Hovette

doi:10.1183/20734735.0201-2020

A 62-year-old man with stridor and dyspnoea

Breathe (Sheff). 2021 Mar;17(1):200201. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0201-2020.

Authors

Delphine Natali¹, Hoan Le², Cuong Nguyen Ngoc³, Minh Tran Ngoc⁴, Chi Tran Khanh⁵, Philippe Hovette⁶

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Medicine Dept, Hanoi French Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
² Respiratory Medicine Dept, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
³ Radiology Dept, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁴ Pathology Dept, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁵ Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁶ Internal Medicine Dept, Hanoi French Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Abstract

Stridor is a sign of vital emergency that immediately orientates towards a laryngeal or tracheal obstruction. This case report focuses on the management of stridor, which comprises emergency securing of airways and parallel aetiological investigations. https://bit.ly/39CTjOg.