Hello, everyone, and thank you for downloading this month's deep dive on the EM Clerkship

Podcast. This month, we gave Sean his first pediatric case, and while I knew he could handle it,

it was quite a challenging case. That being said, I thought it was perfect timing as we are

entering into respiratory season, and today, we are going to be talking all about

pediatric strider. This is a complaint that you're going to see very frequently in the emergency

room. Far and away, the most common diagnosis will be croup, and we'll touch briefly on the

management of this. But the point of today's deep dive episode is to discuss

some of the less common but more dangerous causes of strider in the pediatric population.

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strider is a high-pitched inspiratory noise that indicates swelling in the upper airways rather

than the lower airways. The most common cause of strider in infants less than two years old

is a condition called loringo malaysia.

This is basically a condition where the cartilage of the baby's airways are not strong enough yet to

stay open, so they will intermittently collapse during breathing.

This is a more chronic condition, though it can be worse with viral illnesses, and is

primarily managed through supportive care, and is primarily managed

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