Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- presença de fatores de risco
- crise de sufocamento
- murmúrio vesicular diminuído unilateral
- sibilância unilateral
Fatores de risco
- nível de consciência reduzido (escala de coma de Glasgow <9)
- idade <4 anos
- idade >70 anos
- disfunção bulbar
- sexo masculino
- doença cerebrovascular
- demência
Investigações diagnósticas
Algoritmo de tratamento
Colaboradores
Autores
Arjun B. Chatterjee, MD, MS, FACP, FCCP, FAASM

Professor of Medicine
Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Disease
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
NC
Declarações
ABC declares that he has no competing interests.
Agradecimentos
Dr Arjun B. Chatterjee would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Septimiu Murgu and Dr Henri Colt, the previous contributors to this topic. SM and HC declare that they have no competing interests.
Revisores
Amber Young, BSc, MB ChB, FRCA
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist
Department of Anaesthesia
Frenchay Hospital
Bristol
UK
Declarações
AY declares that she has no competing interests.
Momen M. Wahidi, MD, MBA
Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago
IL
Declarações
MMW declares that he has no competing interests.
Pyng Lee, MD
Senior Consultant
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore
Declarações
PL declares that he has no competing interests.
Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Vice-Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Chief
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
C S Mott Children's Hospital and University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor
MI
Declarações
PM declares that he has no competing interests.
Karima Lelak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
MI
Declarações
KL declares that she has no competing interests.
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