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Objective: To analyze the etiology of hemoptysis in children and to correlate the severity of bleed with the etiology. Methods: This retrospective multicentre study reviewed data from inpatient units of four tertiary care public and private sector pediatric hospitals in Tamil Nadu. Methods: Inpatient case records of children (aged 2 month-15 years) treated for hemoptysis at the four institutions between April, 2012 and March, 2021 were identified, after ethical clearance from respective institutions. Data of children with underlying known bleeding disorders like hemophilia or platelet abnormality were excluded from the study. Hemoptysis was categorized as mild, moderate and severe Results: Of the 73 children who had presented with hemoptysis during the study period, 60 (82.2%) children had mild, 9 (12.3%) had moderate and rest had severe hemoptysis. Idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage was the most common cause of hemoptysis. The common causes of mild hemoptysis in children were idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage (n=15, 25%), pulmonary tuberculosis (n=12, 20%) and pneumonia (n=8, 13.3%). Congenital airway anomalies and vascular anomalies were more likely to present with moderate to severe bleed. Conclusion: Etiology of hemoptysis is broad and categorizing them into mild, moderate and severe may give a clue about the possible etiology, there by restricting to the required investigations.
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Objective: To report our experience of tracheobronchial foreign body removal in childrenusing flexible bronchoscopy as the primary mode. Methods: Hospital records oftracheobronchial foreign body extractions between January, 2006 and January, 2018 werereviewed. Clinical presentations, radiological findings, location and types of tracheobronchialforeign bodies, types of bronchoscopes, complications and outcome of the procedures wereanalyzed. Results: 283 extractions in children with median (range) age of 18 (5-168) monthswere reviewed. Extraction by flexible bronchoscope, using wire baskets or grasping forceps,was successful in 260 cases. No major complications were encountered. Mean (SD) time forthe procedure was 31 (6.3) minutes. Conclusions: Airway foreign bodies can safely beremoved by flexible bronchoscopy with minimal complications. This procedure can beconsidered the primary mode for removal of airway foreign bodies by a trained andexperienced person
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Justification: Micronutrient deficiencies have significant impact on the overall health and well-being of society and potential targets forsupplementations. It is important to formulate a consensus statement in view of current evidence, and put in place strategies to meettargets. Objectives: To formulate by endorsement or adoption and disseminate a consensus statement for prevention of micronutrientsdeficiencies in young children for office practices from an Indian perspective. Process: A National Consultative Meeting was convenedby Infant and Young Child Feeding Chapter (IYCF) of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) on 17 December, 2016 at Mumbai. IYCF chapter,IAP, United Nations Children Fund, National Institute of Nutrition and Government of India were the participating agencies; and participantsrepresenting different parts of India were included. Conclusions: Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread. For its prevention propermaternal and infant-young child feeding strategies need to be practiced. Encourage delayed cord clamping, dietary diversification,germinated foods, soaking and fermentation processes. Existing Iron, Vitamin A, Zinc supplementation and universal salt iodizationprograms need to be scaled up, especially in high risk groups. Universal vitamin D supplementation need to be in place; though, the doseneeds more research. Vitamin B12 deficiency screening and supplementation should be practiced only in high-risk groups. Availability ofappropriately fortified foods needs to be addressed urgently.
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Objective To investigate the correlation between the indications,findings,interventions of fibrobronchoscopy(FB) in neonates and their correlative diseases with neonatal FB results and clinical data.Methods Retrospective case series of 243 consecutive patients of 28 days old or younger were investigated underwent FB for the first time from January 2010 to December 2014,at a tertiary care hospital.The common indications for FB and detection rate of respiratory tract diseases were collected.If the findings of FB had significant associations with premature birth and other diseases were analyzed.Associations between interventions and basic illnesses were also analyzed.Results Of the 243 patients undergoing 275 procedures of FB,201 cases were boys(73.1％).The age of FB was (13.34 ± 9.76) days and the weight was (3.08 ± 0.68) kg.Forty-five cases were premature infants (16.4％).A total of 254 procedures were found to have congenital diseases (92.4％),and 177 cases of them had congenital heart diseases (CHD) (64.4％).Common indications for FB were dyspnea(140 cases,50.9％),tachypnea(82 cases,29.8％),and stridor(71 cases,25.8％).A total of 188 upper airway lesions were found and the most common findings were laryngomalacia(56 cases,20.4％) and vocal cord paralysis(bilateral/unilateral,50 cases,18.2％).A total of 315 lower airway lesions were found and the most common findings were airway mucosal inflammation (98 cases,35.6％),trachea and main bronchial stenosis (73 cases,26.5 ％).A total of 21 cases (7.6％) underwent supraglottoplasty during or after FB,while 17 cases (6.2％) underwent tracheal dilation and 10 cases (3.6％) underwent tracheotomy.Compared with non-CHD neonates,neonates with CHD were statistically significantly less likely to have congenital lesions statistically,such as laryngomalacia(15.8％ vs.28.6％,P =0.012),bilateral vocal cord lesions(6.2％ vs.21.4％,P =0.000) and congenital laryngeal dysplasia(0 vs.7.1％,P =0.001).The tracheotomy(0 vs.10.2％,P =0.000) and supraglottoplasty(2.3％ vs.17.3％,P =0.000) were more rare.Nevertheless,they were more likely to have secondary lesions such as the left main bronchial stenosis caused by extrinsic compression (23.7％ vs.1.0％,P =0.000),abnormal bronchial anatomy(9.6％ vs.2.0％,P =0.018),left vocal cord paralysis(9.0％ vs.1.0％,P =0.008) and airway mucosal inflammation(41.8％ vs.24.5％,P =0.004).The tracheostenosis and main broncial stenosis (37.3％ vs.7.1％,P =0.000) with long-term intubation(78.5％ vs.58.2％,P =0.000) were more common.There was no significant difference between term neonates and premature infants in the detection rate of respiratory tract diseases (P ＞ 0.05),tracheotomy (0 vs.4.3 ％,P =0.322),supraglottoplasty (13.3 ％ vs.6.5 ％,P =0.205) or long-term i ntubation (80.0％ vs.69.6％,P =0.157).Complications caused by procedure were rare and mild.Conclusions FB can detect whether the neonates with dyspnea,tachypnea and stridor have laryngomalacia,vocal cord paralysis,airway mucous edema,tracheal and main bronchial stenosis and other signs,and FB may play an important role in diagnosis,treatment and prognosis evaluation of neonatal respiratory diseases.
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Objective To explore the value of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in diagnosis of vascular rings associated airway abnormalities in children. Methods CT image data were retrospective analysis in 159 cases of vascular rings, including multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), maximum and minimum density project reconstructions. The relationship between the vascular rings and airway had been observed. Results Of 159 cases of vascular rings as-sociated with airway stenosis in 101 cases, the main airway stenosis in 79 cases, left main bronchial stenosis in 14 cas-es, right main bronchus in 8 cases, tracheal bridge in 14 cases, tracheal bronchial in 11 cases, symmetry bronchial in 2 cases. Conclusions Vascular ring often causes compression of airway narrow and dysplasia. MSCT can clearly display vascular rings and its relationship with airway, providing help for surgical and reasonable treatment.
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Congenital heart disease and airway anomalies are correlated,and some special cardiovascular anomalies accompanying with airway anomalies like vascular tings,have a high morbidity.Congenital heart disease with airway anomalies is usually ignored in clinic.It should be considered that congenital heart disease with airway anomalies exists in children with the symptoms,such as repeated stridor,respiratory failure,difficult intubation or failure of postoperative ventilator weaning.Multidetector helical CT and bronchoscopy are important for making early diagnosis and guiding management for congenital heart disease with airway anomalies.The choice of therapeutic approaches depends on the type of airway anomalies,location and degree of the lesion.
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Tracheal bronchus is considered an anatomical variant or bronchial malformation. Its clinical manifestations are rare, and are due to a failure to drain bronchial secretions. Anatomically it may be a supernumerary or ectopic bronchus. His diagnosis is made by direct visualization of images and airway. Generally its treatment is expectant.
El bronquio traqueal es considerado como una variante anatómica o malformación bronquial. Sus manifestaciones clínicas son infrecuentes, y se deben a una falla para el adecuado drenaje de secreciones bronquiales. Anatómicamente puede tratarse de un bronquio supernumerario o ectópico. Su diagnóstico se realiza mediante imágenes y visualización directa de la vía aérea. En general su tratamiento es expectante.