Stridor in the Neonate and Young Child: Evaluation and Treatment of Underlying Causes.

The article focuses on the evaluation and treatment of causes of stridor, a congenital abnormality associated with fever, in infants especially neonates. It indicates that stridor has an infectious, noninfectious and congenital origin. It describes various causes including croup, bacterial tracheitis and epiglottitis of stridor based on radiographic evaluation.