RT Book, Section A1 Cantor, Richard A1 Roy, Linnea Wittick A2 Schafermeyer, Robert A2 Tenenbein, Milton A2 Macias, Charles G. A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 Yamamoto, Loren G. SR Print(0) ID 1105681855 T1 Upper Airway Emergencies T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-182926-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105681855 RD 2024/03/29 AB Acute respiratory emergencies in the pediatric patient are common and may, if improperly treated, result in significant morbidity and mortality.The clinician must maintain an awareness of the unique anatomic and physiologic characteristics of the respiratory tract in the growing infant and child.Stridor may originate anywhere in the upper airway from anterior nares to subglottic region.The most common causes of acute upper airway obstruction are croup, epiglottitis, and foreign-body obstruction. Additional processes include peritonsillar abscess, bacterial tracheitis, and retropharyngeal abscess.